The most-reliable KFC SuperCoach performers of 2020 revealed

Consistency is a crucial attribute in KFC SuperCoach this year, with so many unknowns about season 2020. These are the reliable players who should be on your radar for Round 7.

Tim Michell

@tim_michell

2 min read

July 16, 2020 - 12:37PM

Supercoach

Don't miss out on the headlines from Supercoach. Followed categories will be added to My News.

In a year full of uncertainty, no trait is as important in KFC SuperCoach than reliability.

Having a bankable premium with a Sunday fixture can be the difference between your weekend blowing up or finishing the round celebrating a rankings surge.

Just ask coaches with players such as Marcus Bontempelli (two scores under 80, season high 166) or Patrick Dangerfield, whose scoring has fluctuated between 146 and 75.

Kayo is your ticket to the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Watch every match of every round Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >

TRADE GUIDE: ALL THE KEY KFC SUPERCOACH INTEL FOR ROUND 7

Predictability is a major reason Taylor Adams and Jy Simpkin have emerged as two of the unlikely KFC SuperCoach heroes of 2020.

Adams, who had only averaged 100 points in a full season once before 2020, is one of only four players to have posted triple figures in six matches this year.

The Collingwood on-baller posted four hundreds in 10 games last season and 10 tons in 2018, but has never threatened to elevate himself into the top echelon of KFC SuperCoach midfielders.

Adams’ best campaign was 2017 — when he averaged 107.5 — but he has otherwise had four years averaging between 96.4 and 97.9.

Those who took a punt on the 26-year-old at $525,100 at the start of 2020 have been rewarded with six scores of 104-131, an average of 113 and a price rise of about $50,000.

Simpkin has been the mid-price revelation of the campaign, launching from a KFC SuperCoach average of 70.5 in 21 games last year to average 119.7 in the opening six games of 2020.

The North Melbourne rising star has relished greater midfield time with Jack Ziebell and Ben Cunnington missing through injury, rising from a starting price of $383,000 to more than $550,000.

Taylor Adams is one of only four players with six hundreds in KFC SuperCoach to Round 6.

Jy Simpkin has made a seamless move into North Melbourne’s midfield.

Simpkin has lifted his disposal average from 18.6 to 23.3, his clearance output from 3.6 to 6.3 and his contested possession numbers from 8.6 to 12 — statistics which attract plenty of love from the KFC SuperCoach scorers.

Remarkably, his rise has been largely due to consistency, scoring at least 97 in every match.

Maybe we should have seen it coming after he told North Melbourne’s website before footy’s resumption: “I am feeling pretty good. Each session we come back from this break I am feeling better and better and more confident. I am just hoping I can take off where I left off in Round 1 (when he scored 131).”

His reliability is on par with big guns such as Lachie Neale, Todd Goldstein and Brodie Grundy, who along with Adams are the only players to score 100 points or more in six successive games.

The bolter in defence has been GWS Giant Nick Haynes, who like Simpkin has a lowest score of 97.

Nick Haynes has blossomed as a defensive premium in KFC SuperCoach.

The intercept star has five scores of 97-114 and has blossomed into one of the most-reliable players in KFC SuperCoach.

Haynes has developed a reputation as one of the AFL’s most dependable backmen and his rise to prominence has been reflected in his KFC SuperCoach scoring.

From Round 20 last season to Round 6 this year, he has posted eight tons in nine games.

Brayden Maynard (79.9 average to 109.5) has emulated Haynes’ scoring hike, while Cat Mitch Duncan’s consistent start was curtailed by a hamstring injury in Round 6.

Before being sidelined with a score of 13 against Brisbane Lions, Duncan had five totals of 114-123.