Round 1 SuperCoach wash-up: get Patrick Cripps, Riley Bonner, ditch Paddy Ryder, Tom Liberatore

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As soon as lockout ends on Sunday night, we can start fixing all the mistakes we made during the pre-season and, most satisfyingly, punt the players who let us down.

We wouldn’t normally advocate making such a vital decision as using a SuperCoach trade in the heat of the moment, but thanks to the reverse trades button, that’s not a problem.

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Possibly the greatest innovation in fantasy sports (thank you, Heath Shaw), the reverse trades button allows us to make whatever crazy move we like now, and undo them later when sanity prevails.

We’ll have lots of advice during the week on the right – and wrong – trade moves before Round 2.

But for now, to hell with that. Who needs to go? Check in this time every Sunday for our quick-fire review of the round before the dust, and emotions, have settled.

Paddy Ryder iced up on the bench. Picture: Sarah Reed

BOOT HIM

Tom Liberatore and Paddy Ryder are the first big-name forced trades of the season, with both set to miss for an extended period.

If there is one silver lining to the Libba disaster it’s that he didn’t lose any value despite scoring just 13 points before suffering a heart-breaking knee injury.

Matthew Kreuzer owners might face a similar problem. He looked set for a huge score after posting 51 in the first quarter against Richmond but then “lost power in his groin” – a phrase no man wants to hear. Will he play this week? Who knows.

So my POD pick Zach Merrett hasn't gone to plan. Clearly hit by the karma bus after my Cripps tweet last night. #SuperCoach

— Ben Higgins (@ben_higgins84) March 23, 2018

Zach Merrett should at least play next week after he was concussed by Richard Douglas, but his night ended early with just 17 points - disaster.

If you’ve got him, hang on to him. If you haven’t, he will be cheap in a few weeks.

Michael Hibberd owners were throwing their computers out the window when the top-line backman had just 15 points on the board at half-time. He managed to rally late with a 40-point final term helping him to 74. Still a fail for a premium pick but it could have been worse.

Michael Hibberd runs into Tom Hawkins.

We can’t say the same for midfield dynamo Dayne Zorko, who remarkably had one point at half-time against St Kilda. One! He was slightly better after that but a hard tag from Koby Stevens restricted him to just 32 for the game. Horrible.

All Fremantle players are also in the gun.

The Dockers sucked us in with a great pre-season but only one Freo player – Aaron Sandilands – managed 100 points against Port Adelaide. Andrew Brayshaw (58), Connor Blakely (67), Michael Walters (83) and even the great Nat Fyfe (75) were all fails. We’ll give Bailey Banfield (51) a pass – just – because of his low starting price.

We saw some great rookie scores – hats off Tim Kelly, Tom Doedee and Co – but there are issues, especially in defence and the forward line.

Zac Langdon was on -2 at quarter-time and finished with 47, almost double Aaron Naughton’s measly 25, the same score Luke Davies-Uniacke managed in Cairns.

Dom Barry’s 44 was a lot better than he looked like scoring for a lot of the game. Hope you didn’t have any of them on field.

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Riley Bonner was prolific against Fremantle. Picture: Sarah Reed

BUY HIM

Who started without Max Gawn or Rory Laird? Leave the room, please.

Miss Tom Mitchell? Oops. This guy just keeps getting the footy, but it’s worth noting he always goes nuts against Collingwood.

An emergency call was put out on Saturday afternoon to check on The Phantom after one of his favourites, Riley Bonner, went bananas. Valued at just $257,300, he was Port’s top scorer at quarter-time (47) and finished with 119. Get on!

🍾🍾 https://t.co/Rt7xYsvCKE

— The Phantom (@ThePhantomSC) March 24, 2018

Speaking of The Phantom’s favourites, starting without Patrick Cripps could be a big mistake. Cripps had a ridiculous 25 contested possessions on his way to 130 SuperCoach points.

Stephen Coniglio is shaping as a massive mid-price bargain after a first-up 129.

Stephen Coniglio in action for GWS.

Heath Shaw in action for GWS.

Could Heath Shaw be a winning pick after all? A 114 in Round 1 is a good start … nah, don’t do it.

Tom Doedee is shaping as one of the must-have rookies this year after a super-impressive 86-point debut. That could have been more if umpires hadn’t ruled a contested intercept mark in the first quarter was taken over the boundary line. Robbed!

Charlie Curnow, Andrew McGrath and James Sicily all look like mid-price winners … after one week.

Tony Olango – the Sudanese-born Eagles rookie is extremely unlikely to play this year but he’s in 12 per cent of teams as a “floating donut” on the ruck bench to employ the vice-captain loophole – and he’s on board.

You legend 😂👌🏿

— tony olango (@Tonyolango) March 22, 2018

CAPTAINS REPORT CARD

A+: Tom Mitchell

A: Dustin Martin, Max Gawn

B+: Josh Kelly

C+: Todd Goldstein

E: Nat Fyfe

F: Zach Merrett

Tim Kelly handballs before being tackled by Bayley Fritsch.

BENCH CALLS

Should have had on field: Tim Kelly, Nick Holman, Tom Doedee, Jeremy Finlayson, Sam Murray, Lachie Fogarty, Bayley Fritsch

Should have left on the bench: Zac Giles-Langdon, Aaron Naughton, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Paddy Dow, Lachlan Murphy

HIPAGES NAILED IT?

Reviewing Thursday night’s predictions on the SuperCoaches Box podcast (watch live from 6.15pm every Thursday or catch up on iTunes):

Gilbert Gardiner: Todd Goldstein will score 150 v Gold Coast

Verdict: Failed it. Goldstein was on fire early, scoring 84 to halftime, but managed just 22 points in the second half. Sorry, Gil.

Al Paton: Start Nick Holman on the ground against the Roos.

Verdict: Nailed it. Holman had 13 tackles (Al predicted 15 so he was slightly off) in monsoonal conditions in Cairns to score 96 first up. Super return for $102k.

Dan Begala: Patrick Cripps will run amok against Richmond.

Verdict: Nailed it. Cripps was everywhere and could have scored more than 130 points if not for seven clangers.

BIGGEST PRICE RISES/DROPS

Prices don’t change until after a player has played in three matches, so there are no price movements this week, but from Round 3 we’ll be all over this!

YOUR TWEETS

Started Naughton, Banfield and Langdon. Have Doedee, Holman and Finlayson on the bench

— Aaron glen (@glenny1218) March 25, 2018

Kruezer (vice) 🙁 Zac Merrett (capt) 🙁Daniel Rich🙁 #SuperCoach

— Impromptu (@ImpromptuSC) March 24, 2018

Was hibberd at first but he proved late he can score , but bont slight chance, and need to make sure I field the right rookies Holman and kelly on the bench 😒😒

— clarkeyy (liam) 🇦🇺 (@ClarkeyyAU) March 25, 2018

Ryder, Zorko, Fyfe, Bont... shall I keep going

— David Berger (@davidberger5) March 25, 2018

#SuperCoach karma bus has now backed over me with Paddy Ryder going down with an Achilles.
All the best to the big fella. https://t.co/8liHwiklTw

— Ben Higgins (@ben_higgins84) March 24, 2018