SuperCoach 2016: Top scores, market watch after Round 10, 2016

STEFAN Martin could be the biggest bust of SuperCoach season. And he’s not the only underperforming ruckman. But there is a solution.

Stefan Martin’s SuperCoach owners aren’t laughing. Picture: Jono Searle

STEFAN Martin owners, you have our sympathy.

Martin started the year as the second most expensive ruckman in SuperCoach after averaging more than 110 in the past two seasons.

He started the year in reasonable form, averaging 104 in his first three games. Then he hit a wall — also known as Steven May — in Round 4.

Since then he has averaged 72 with only one score over 100 and a season-low of 40 against Hawthorn on Saturday.

His price plumetted another $45,000 last night and he has now lost a whopping $184,700 this season. If you’re one of the more than 21,000 coaches stuck with him, what do you do?

Normally our advice is to stick with your premium selections but Martin could be an exception.

With Justin Leppitsch now playing a second ruckman in Trent West, Martin’s ruck time has dried up and his scores have followed suit, with two in a row under 50.

At just $412,900 there are no obvious trades, unless you’re willing to roll the dice on Zac Smith ($404,800) or Tom Hickey ($394,900). But that’s just replacing one problem with another one.

The reality is you will find it very hard to compete this season unless you’re ruck combination is comprised of two of the superstar trio of Todd Goldstein, Max Gawn and Nic Naitanui. All three are averaging at least 114 points a game — the next best ruckman to play more than one game is Mark Blicavs, who averages 96.

If you don’t have those guys, move heaven and earth to get them. Trade down a fattened cash cow in the midfield to Stef’s teammate Rhys Mathieson and use the profit to upgrade Stef, or other ruck disappointments Sam Jacobs, Brodie Grundy and Ben McEvoy (all averaging 86 or worse).

Goldstein gained $19,000 this week but is still a reasonable price at $594,600 for a guy who averages 118 points a game. He’s in 87,000 teams and has a break-even of 72 against the Tigers on Friday night.

Gawn boosted his average to 117 after a massive 167 in Alice Springs on Saturday, but still lost $30,800 and is now $550,400. He has a break-even of 100 this week. Gawn is in 63,000 teams.

Naitanui is something of the forgotten man this year, not getting many plaudits despite averaging 114 points and only dropping below 100 once (an 80 in Round 2). He’s in 55,000 teams, costs $569,000 and has a break-even of 124 against the Bulldogs, who have restricted every opposition ruckman this season — including keeping Goldy and Gawn under 50 points. Maybe wait a week?

Nic Naitanui is over his injury problems. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

ROUND 10 STARS

178 Tom Mitchell

167 Max Gawn

161 Josh P Kennedy

149 David Armitage

146 Josh J Kennedy

WEEKLY TOP SCORES

2512 Bullseyes, Steve

2510 Trav’s Boys, Travis

2507 Dare Iced Coffee, Sean

2497 GazMan FC, Gareth

2495 IvegottheGoodes, James

OVERALL LEADERS

22,897 BURST, Brad

22,667 Tch17, Greg

22,665 Forty Four, Brent

22,640 I already did this, Darren

22,636 Princess Tickler, Bethany

THIS WEEK’S WINNING TEAM

Bullseyes

Coach: Steve Langmaid

Score: 2512

DEFENDERS

Heath Shaw 81

Sam Docherty 121

Kade Simpson 86

Josh Gibson 123

Daniel Rich 75

Marcus Adams 84

Mitch Brown 46

Tom Cole 48

MIDFIELDERS

Patrick Dangerfield 127

Dan Hannebery 126

Dylan Shiel 118

Brendon Goddard 130

David Zaharakis 122

Lachie Hunter 103

Tom Liberatore 89

Darcy Parish 67

Josh Smith 78

Ryan Davis 90

James Polkinghorne 0

RUCKS

Todd Goldstein 112

Max Gawn 334 (c)

Sam Grimley 0

FORWARDS

Josh Kennedy 146

Luke Dahlhaus 119

Nick Riewoldt 114

Daniel Wells 103

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 82

Christian Petracca 51

Ben Kennedy 29

Tom Keogh 0

Tom Mitchell relished being released from tagging duties.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: TOM MITCHELL

Mitchell equalled his record for disposals against the Kangaroos, amassing 41 on his way to a round-high 178 SuperCoach points. He won 17 of his possessions in a contested manner and tackled relentlessly, applying 10 tackles. He generated four clearances and hit the scoreboard, recording one goal, two score assists and eight score involvements from 78 per cent game time.

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Max Gawn

Gawn’s amazing interstate form continued against Port Adelaide, adding a further 167 SuperCoach points to his season tally. He won 48 hitouts from the 65 ruck contests attended, of which 18 were to the direct advantage of a teammate. He finished with 18 disposals, four contested marks, five clearances and two goals straight.

Max Gawn averages 93 #SuperCoach points locally and 171 interstate for a differential of -78. Biggest of top 50 scores in the comp.

— Fantasy Freako (@FantasyFreako) May 29, 2016

Bryce Gibbs

Gibbs led the Blues to their first-ever win against Geelong at Etihad Stadium, finishing with a season-high 143 SuperCoach points, reaching his highest price for the season after another $19,200 spike. He finished with 34 disposals, 13 contested possessions, six centre clearances, seven tackles and two goals.

Aaron Hall

Hall suffered his fourth consecutive price fall after scoring a season-low 68 SuperCoach points against West Coast. Of that tally, only 16 were recorded in the first half. He finished with 20 disposals, 18 uncontested possessions, three tackles, five inside-50s and one goal from 73 per cent game time.

YOUNG GUN: JOSH SMITH

Smith hit the target with 21 of 22 disposals against the Bulldogs to finish with 78 SuperCoach points, increasing in price by a further $33,100. He found plenty of the ball in space, recording 18 of his possessions in an uncontested manner, of which 11 were from handball receives.

Originally published as SuperCoach 2016: Top scores, market watch after Round 10, 2016