SuperCoach AFL: Back premiums and save your trades

ARE you in a world of SuperCoach pain after Round 1? Gamble on the wrong captain or had high-scoring rookies sitting on the bench? Don’t panic.

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ARE you in a world of SuperCoach pain after Round 1?

Perhaps you gambled on guns Scott Pendlebury (89) or Nat Fyfe (61) as captain, or had rookies George Hewitt (96) and Ben Kennedy (115) warming the pine.

Fear not. We’re a long way from the pointy end. Head to head matches don’t start until Round 3 so there’s still time to correct glaring errors.

Supercoaches were hoping for more out of Scott Pendlebury — especially those who made him the skipper.

Only trade if you have to. SuperCoaches have 30 trades for the season — make sure your side is better for having used them.

Back your premium players. One low-scoring game from Fyfe does not remove years of proven results and you picked those blokes for a reason.

Bravo if you were among the meagre few who picked Tom Hickey, Shane Biggs and Robbie Tarrant — less than one per cent played them and they paid big dividends.

Dockers gun Nat Fyfe had an off day.

St Kilda’s Tom Hickey was a surprise star.

Don’t burn trades based on form yet or go chasing last week’s points.

But if you’ve got Dane Swan — it’s time to go. His injury will sideline him for several months at least, and that’s too much value to have sitting on the bench.

If you picked the wrong skipper this week, don’t forget the captain loophole.

Pick a VC in an early game and if he fires, sub in a non-selected player and make him captain. Just make sure the gun player has the ‘emergency’ ticked.

TOP SUPERCOACH SCORERS - RD 1
DEFENDERS	Team	Price	Score
Jason Johannisen	WBD	$418,200	130
Shane Biggs	WBD	$391,500	118
Sam Docherty	CAR	$473,200	118
Robert Murphy	WBD	$495,600	112
Tom McDonald	MEL	$517,500	110
MIDFIELDERS
Patrick Dangerfield	GEE	$647,000	162
Luke Parker	SYD	$538,200	161
Matt Priddis	WCE	$611,200	159
Callan Ward	GWS	$573,900	142
Gary Ablett	GCS	$623,200	139
RUCKS
Tom Hickey	STK	$375,300	157
Nic Naitanui	WCE	$560,700	153
Todd Goldstein	NTH	$695,100	126
Mark Blicavs	GEE	$562,700	123
Zac Smith	GEE	$425,300	100
Rory Lobb	GWS	335,800	100
FORWARDS
Josh J. Kennedy	WCE	$496,200	180
Tom Hickey	STK	$375,300	157
Kane Lambert	RIC	$364,200	130
Aaron Hall	GCS	$428,100	129
Jack Gunston	HAW	$521,200	127
TOP ROOKIES
Ben Kennedy	MEL	$187,800	115
Tom Papley	SYD	$109,900	104
George Hewett	SYD	$123,900	96
Sam Kerridge	CAR	$137,600	86
Marcus Adams	WBD	$117,300	82
Connor Menadue	RIC	$155,400	80

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL: Back premiums and save your trades