SuperCoach rage trades: Who’s on the block after Round 4?

Clayton Oliver has delivered the SuperCoach scores we’ve become accustomed to in the opening four rounds. Should we stick by the star Demon? See our full list of players in danger of being rage traded.

Western Bulldogs star Josh Dunkley. Picture: Michael Klein

We have started to see some trends forming now and we can make some educated decisions on players, but we also like to rage trade early in the week!

There’s no denying the cathartic effect of making an early trade to send a bit of a message to some of our players that they are on notice. Just remember to reverse trades before the first game of the round if you don’t intend to go through with it.

THE PHANTOM: TIME TO LOCK IN THIS GIANT

RUCK RIDDLE: DID PREUSS HURT GAWN’S SCORE?

WRAP: EVERY ROUND 4 HERO AND VILLAIN

PITFALLS: CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERCOACH ROOKIE

Here are some players we could be rage trading today.

BOOT HIM

Callum Mills $411,100 DEF

After a big score last week, Mills dropped back again. His 15 touches for 66 points is nowhere near enough If you took the punt on him at the start of the season it is definitely time to punt him from your side as things don’t seem to be turning around.

Josh Dunkley $467,100 MID/FWD

He has tested our patience now for a few weeks and this may be the straw that breaks the back of owners. Dunkley’s 73 against Collingwood was his lowest score of the season and he is simply not doing enough for the price and he will continue to drop in value with scores like this — he lost $13,100 this round and has a break even of 120 next week. If you want to trade him do it sooner rather than later.

Bulldog Josh Dunkley isn’t getting as much midfield time as we hoped. Picture: Michael Klein

Sam Menegola $495,400 MID/FWD

Sam has had two good games but he has also had a 79 and now a 51. He is a premium priced forward and for what you paid for him you can’t accept these drops in scoring. Last year we had similar issues from him and he will keep dropping in price with this score in his cycle for a couple more weeks.

Devon Smith $480,200 MID/FWD

Devon has had a poor start to the season and hasn’t been able to recapture the form from last season that saw him one of the best forward scorers. He has only been over 80 on one occasion from four games thus far. It is time to cut ties with him if he can’t manage to get to a score of 90-plus each week.

Justin Westhoff $436,500 RUCK/FWD

There are 15 per cent of coaches that have Westhoff in their line-up and over the past three weeks he hasn’t been able to deliver them a score over 50, losing more than $100,000 on his starting price (his 149 in Round 1 is a distant memory). If you are one of those coaches there are plenty of better options out there and you should be trading him out. With Scott Lycett and Patrick Ryder now permanent fixtures in the Port Adelaide side Westhoff is going to rely on kicking a bag of goals to get his points.

Justin Westhoff booted five goals in Round 1 but hasn’t kicked one since.

Devon Smith’s numbers are down on last season. Picture: Michael Klein

BUY HIM

Brodie Grundy $692,200 RUCK

Grundy is in less than half of all sides and if you are one of those coaches you need to be getting Grundy into your side ASAP. He hasn’t been under 130 since Round 2 and is averaging 143 over the last three weeks. He is a captain option every week and a must have for your team. He dropped almost $30,000 after Round 3 but is now on his way back towards $700,000.

Tom Stewart $516,400 DEF

Stewart has had a great start to the year with three scores over 100 now, and he was the best scorer for the Cats this week. He has a SuperCoach-friendly game at the moment — 23 of 26 touches against the Giants were kicks, which score more for us. He could be a great unique player in your squad.

Tim Taranto $497,500 MID

Taranto has had two scores of 112 and one of 113 in his four games. Many touted this to be a great season for him and he is delivering at his price. He is still cheaper than most of the top-line midfielders and if he can maintain scoring of at least 110 each week he could be a value pick.

Zach Merrett $565,400 MID

Merrett showed us what he can do with a great game against Brisbane (155), easily his best for the season. After a poor Round 1 he has had a great few weeks and hopefully he can continue this form. His price is back near where he started the season so you could still pick him up at a good price.

Lachie Neale $681,900 MID

Many coaches ae waiting for Lachie to drop in price after his massive 177 last week, but this week he went on to have another 140 as he continues his fantastic season. If we want to get him in our sides there isn’t going to be a good time. You just need to find the cash to get him in and do it.

Michael Walters $473,700 FWD/MID

We always suggest extreme caution when looking at Walters, but three scores over 100 now means he must be in our sights. If his other score wasn’t a 50 then we would almost certainly be looking at him as a forward upgrade. But if he keeps this form up then we may just have to take the risk one more time. But if he gets suspended or puts in a 40 don’t be surprised. He is the ultimate risk/reward player.

Michael Walters is in 3 per cent of SuperCoach teams.

Shannon Hurn $536,700 DEF

Hurn hasn’t put a foot wrong all season and was great this week, amassing 32 touches (26 kicks). He has only been under 100 on one occasion and that was only just (89). He is not one of the more talked about picks and is in just under 10 per cent of teams. He should certainly be an option in your defence.

Patrick Cripps $682,500 MID

Cripps has had a brilliant start to the season and this was his second game over 150 in a row, which tells us that he is a must have in every SuperCoach team. He is dominating in a team that hasn’t won a game — if they start winning then watch out.

James Sicily $533,400 DEF

Sicily has had two over 100 so far and this was his best (119). He seems to be set in defence at the Hawks and his role is a very SuperCoach-friendly one. He has had his issues in the past but this season we are seeing a different Sicily and he looks to be one of the top defenders.

PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR ANOTHER WEEK

These guys aren’t buys or boots just yet but they are ones that we should just keep a close eye on.

Clayton Oliver $584,600 MID

He has now put in three scores under 100 out of his four and if it wasn’t for a 140-plus score in Round 2 he would have been traded out of a lot of teams already. He was billed as one of the elite midfielders in the pre-season but he isn’t showing us that at the moment.

Adam Treloar $565,900 MID

Since the return of Taylor Adams to the side two weeks ago Treloar hasn’t scored over 90. We need to have a good look at him in coming weeks. He is a great player but his scoring is a little down on what we want.

Robbie Gray $501,300 FWD/MID

Gray needed two goals to get to his 72 this week. He has had some good scores in recent weeks but this one wasn’t great. He also spent a lot more time forward than on the ball, which didn’t help. If his role is now more forward with Ollie Wines back it may be time to sell.

Seb Ross $514,500 MID

Ross has had a slow start to the season and despite his good score this week he failed to reach his break even, meaning he has dropped further in value. If he has indeed turned the corner and is now the Seb we were expecting, we may be able to get him cheaply after next week. You could get him this week but let’s wait and see if this is a real change in form or just a one-off.

TOP SCORERS OF THE ROUND

How many did you have in your side?

1. Patrick Cripps 169

2. Brody Grundy 160

3. Zach Merrett 155

4. David Mundy 151

5. Jack Redden 145

Patrick Cripps was immense again this week.

CAPTAINS SCORECARD

Here we grade the players that would have been in consideration for your captain role this week. So this isn’t necessarily the highest scorers of the round, but those who are in contention for the top job.

A++: Patrick Cripps 169, Brody Grundy 160, Zach Merrett 155

A+: Lachie Neale 140, Tom Rockliff 140, Lachie Whitfield 137, Isaac Heeney 130, Marcus Bontempelli 127

A: Josh Kelly 114

B: Jack Macrae 110, Jake Lloyd 108

C: Matt Crouch 90

F: Patrick Dangerfield 66, Dom Sheed 65

ROOKIE WATCH

Rookies that have reached their peak.

These are the guys that where they either missed their BE this week or they are very close to it and should be looked at as trade outs as they have either maxed out their value or may start dropping in value now.

Noah Balta $119,700 FWD (-$4200)

Break even: 24, R4 score: 14

Chayce Jones $180,900 MID (-$7100)

Break even: 56, R4 score: 9

START HIM

The rookies we should have had on field in Round 4

Sam Walsh 123, Callum Wilkie 110, Jack Scrimshaw 101, Josh Rotham 98, Jack Ross 87, Sam Collins 87, Marty Hore 86, Reilly O’Brien 84, Bailey Smith 75, Xavier Duursma 73, Jordan Ridley 73, Tom Atkins 68, Joshua Wagner 65, Gryan Miers 65, Willem Drew 61, Luke Davies-Uniake 60, Charlie Constable 60, Corey Wagner 59, Michael Gibbons 54, Will Setterfieldd 54, Jordan Clark 53, Connor Rozee 53

SIT HIM

Tarryn Thomas 41, Sydney Stack 40, Jack Petruccelle 36, Lachlan Schulz 36, Chris Burgess 30, Matthew Parker 31 (injury affected), Jack Lukosius 29, Zak Butters 23, Justin McInerney 21, Noah Balta 14, Chayce Jones 9 (injury affected).

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