SuperCoach AFL 2017: Is Mitch Wallis worth the gamble, what cash cows are on the horizon?
WE started the year with Jack Steele and Toby Nankervis, then Michael Walters and Scott Selwood popped up. Is Mitch Wallis the next mid-price success story?
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SUPERCOACH 2017 will be remembered as the year of the mid-pricer.
We started the year with the likes of Jaeger O’Meara, Toby Nankervis, Zak Jones and Aaron Sandilands.
Some were successes, some failures.
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Last week Geelong midfielder Scott Selwood presented as a high quality trade target after knocking up back-to-back SuperCoach hundreds and rewarding those who took the gamble with a third straight 100.
This week it’s Mitch Wallis.
IMPORTANT: He plays tonight, so you’ll have to act quickly.
The Bulldogs midfielder has made a blistering return from a broken leg with scores of 132 and 89.
He returns from the bye on the bubble at $473,700, a breakeven of 59 and a forecast price rise of about $15,000. Plus, midfield-forward flexibility.
It’s another fork in the SuperCoach road - those who picked up the likes of Brandon Matera or Michael Walters will know what we mean.
If he’s a continued success you’ve got a cut-price premium, if he’s scoring dries up then he’s a trade wasted and a hole to fill.
Wallis has had 26 and 28 disposals in his first two games, combined with 10 tackles a plus-six free kick ratio and two goals.
The Bulldog has the look of a mid-price success and if you’ve got someone like Aaron Sandilands scoring donuts and Toby Nankervis or Paddy Ryder, he’s only a $10k upgrade.
The same goes for Nick Riewoldt, who will miss another week with a knee injury. A simple $10k, gets you a potential 100 points plus in a crucial bye week.
It’s a case of buyer beware - caveat emptor as the Romans liked to say - but one that could catapult you up the rankings and into league premiership contention.
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