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The Pack Starts to Separate | Trade-In Targets | AFL Fantasy Q&A #PODPOD
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Round 7 has seen the top teams start to put some distance on the comp, with many sides putting up scores well above 2250. For the coaches that have picked the right premiums and focused on their cash, they are now beginning to attack upgrade season as they make their way towards a side full of premiums. We say every year, but the trades you make between rounds 7-11 are some of the most important for the entire season!
In this episode, Holmesy, Harmey, and Jordy talk about hot topics, players that need to go, and value players across each line. They review their rounds, talk trading philosophy, discuss relevant rookie trade ins as well as answer lots of listener questions.
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Transcript
Top Performers and Fantasy Highlights
00:00:18
Holmesy
G'day welcome to the Pod Pod brought to you by Moreira's Magic. I'm your host Holmesy, three-time top 10 finisher and twice runner-up in AFL Fantasy Classic. We've had another big round of AFL Fantasy and we're really starting to see those top teams accelerate ahead with some absolute monster scores this week.
00:00:39
Holmesy
It was very common to see a lot of teams score in the high 2200s and then lots even into the twenty three hundreds I normally go to my two-time top 10 finisher first, but I'm actually going to go the other way today and go straight to Geordie as, Geordie, I have noticed that when you've had a good round, there's ah always a bigger smile on your face. You're far more up and about, willing to you know go into the show doc and all that kind of stuff. So you must have gone well this week, mate. I'm i'm hearing that you're back.
00:01:10
JORDAN D'SENA
That is true and the weather's good here in Adelaide so it's I'm happy and out and about and yeah, had a decent week so happy with the boys bouncing back I'm sure we'll talk about them but a few of those uniques that have been letting me down so good to get a decent score this week and go up a fair few ranks so happy about that
00:01:30
Holmesy
Yes, it's ah it's good to see. And once again, just flying the flag for the pod, Jordy, giving us some some credibility, which is good to see.
Missing Members and Team Struggles
00:01:37
Holmesy
We don't have Louis today. He's still mourning the fact that he unfortunately brought Cam Zerah into his side.
00:01:46
Holmesy
It's usually this time of year where we he goes missing for maybe a month and we don't really hear from him.
00:01:46
JORDAN D'SENA
Oh um ay
00:01:50
Holmesy
So listeners, we're hoping that we have him back next week, but it is a week-to-week proposition. But we do have our two-time top 10 finisher, John Harmy, and runner-up in 2019, I might add.
00:02:03
Holmesy
Bit of a down week, but still flying the flag for us inside the top 5,000, I believe it is. But Harmy, mate, how are you?
00:02:11
Jon Harmey
Yeah, no, thanks, Homesy. And a lack of monster scores in my team this week, but still showing up, fronting up and yep trying to share something to the podcast.
00:02:22
Holmesy
Would you say that your fantasy weekends are heavily reliant on what the Bombers do because you have about seven of them in your side?
Bombers' Strategy Critique
00:02:30
Jon Harmey
my tippping My footy tipping definitely is.
00:02:30
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:02:32
Jon Harmey
Last week I won with nine. This week, no, yeah, don't know. Look, the Bombers, ah i don' look, I'll do it now. They were so bad on Anzac Day. I just, anyway, I'll leave it at that.
00:02:45
Holmesy
ah um While we're doing our our round reviews, I might go back through Twitter if I can see that post that someone put up, Harmi, about the Bombers. And I think they listed about 20 relevant football stats and the Bombers were either 18th or 17th in every category.
00:02:58
Holmesy
So they're not they're not traveling very well.
00:02:59
Jon Harmey
Hmm. No, I'd believe it. But the the kick sideways or backwards to Roberts in the back line, they'd be pretty high on.
00:03:04
JORDAN D'SENA
Thank you.
00:03:09
Jon Harmey
be the only stat They'd probably be leading that stat in the comp at the moment.
00:03:13
Holmesy
Yeah, I dare say the s SCN boys and Cane Corns would have had a field day knowing what they've done with Shizu and Mukherjee in the past, just going back into defense, getting those cheap touches. I haven't actually had a listen today, but let's get stuck into the round that was. And Harmi, I do need to start with you first. So why don't you let us all know um how we went, where we're ranked and and give us your picks.
00:03:35
Jon Harmey
Yes, thanks mate, or not thanks based on my score this round. it was 2115.
00:03:43
Jon Harmey
I had some players that actually scored really well, but it's just way too many underperforming mid-prices or um premiums in my team. But umll we'll leave those because I'm sure we'll talk about them.
00:03:55
Jon Harmey
That put my rank out a bit. So 6298. I know what that dropped me about 2,500 ranks this week, which is a shame. um My Stato pick of the week, I'm going to throw this.
00:04:06
Jon Harmey
Now, look, I gave this guy... The Dossie Pick of the Week last week. but So credit where credit's due, Connor McDonald went long to the football um here in Lonnie Hawks and Gold Coast on
Player Highlights and Stato Picks
00:04:20
Jon Harmey
Saturday. And I was watching it. He's almost put up a 50-point last quarter. Just these little run to space, get a mark and a kick, and he kicked a goal. So I was pretty happy with his 110 points.
00:04:32
Jon Harmey
My dossie pick of the week. Oh, hey, this is this really does hurt me to give it to him. But Calbee McEacher, the graveyard forward flank shift at north.
00:04:44
Jon Harmey
um just I'm really struggling to watch that one. So 69 points, which he probably was lucky to get that many points in the end. But anyway, Calbee can have it.
00:04:54
Holmesy
Yeah, look, that that one is starting to sting now. that His role, he's back. He's not. They just keep swinging things around. we're going to We'll talk about him in a bit more depth later as we had, I think, probably half of our listener questions this week were centred around Colby and and whether he needs to go. But, yeah, I can't imagine that pick is too fun to have at the moment. Hami,
00:05:14
Holmesy
I am next. I had a 21-59, pretty much par for my mediocre rank at the moment. I think I went back about 600 spots to just outside 12K.
00:05:26
Holmesy
Knew it was going to be ah a tough round for me having you know a lot of Adelaide boys against Brisbane and and they got absolutely murdered. But The one shining light I'll give it to and and credit's credit where credit's due. we've ah We've been waiting for this for a while and we were wondering whether he was going to be a failed pick for us as he wasn't really getting it done. But Sam Walsh, 135. We finally got a ceiling score out of him.
00:05:49
Holmesy
I was obviously out camping. I didn't see the game, Jordy, but did it just look like he was he was back to his running best and and getting used in that Carlton system?
00:05:57
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I think so. i was I was actually at the Port game, so I didn't actually catch this one. But um yeah, I mean, high CBAs. I think he was it's great to see that pop score. So i think, I mean, he might be able to go on a run here, hopefully. So, um you know, going at 103 now, i think that's exactly what you projected him at, Holmes, in the preseason. You said he was going to go at 103. So let's hope he can continue that.
00:06:26
Holmesy
Yeah, yeah, fingers crossed. And in the same game, this is definitely a ah failed pick for me now considering I traded him in. But Caleb Sorong, yeah, far out. ah I picked him in round two after he had the Mullen tag and and still got his ton and and thought maybe, yes, he's going to get attention, but that he could lift that floor with some of these tag games. But absolutely not. I think he's gone 280s in a row and and now dropped the 60. So he's...
00:06:51
Holmesy
Definitely someone I'm going to have to look at at some stage in that Frio system. I think he plays a very unselfish role when he gets tagged. And as you as you saw, Bolton, 130, Brayshaw, 100, even Jackson. Yes, he's a Ruckman, but he went massive as well. So when Sorong gets tagged, I think he's not one of those Nick Dacos types to still make it all about him and still hunt the footy. I think he just isn't the hit to anymore and and plays his role for the side. So it's something I'm going to have to look at. But Jordy, give us some positivity, mate.
00:07:19
Holmesy
Go for it.
00:07:21
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I ended up getting 22.47.
00:07:24
JORDAN D'SENA
That's pulled the rank into 7,667. So I think about 4,000 and a bit spots. I was at 12K, I think, last week. So it's nice to go in the right direction.
00:07:35
JORDAN D'SENA
Stato pick of the week, I'm giving it to Josh Dacos. He's been on the dossier pick for me for a couple of weeks, paying that big 107 tag I did when we had those injuries.
00:07:39
Jon Harmey
Mm-hmm.
00:07:45
JORDAN D'SENA
And you know Had ah had a one decent score, and then he sort of done 70s and 90s. So to get that 121 is unique. He's going to get the Stato pick. wasn't my highest scorer, but um I'm going to give him the Stato there, and hopefully he can continue this now.
00:08:00
JORDAN D'SENA
And the Dossie pick, so this a guy traded in. I traded into Justin McInerney. I got 75. I just thought with Heaney out, high CBA role, had 71% CBA. So I had the role, but ah I was hoping a 95 plus is what I had him at.
00:08:18
JORDAN D'SENA
And I thought I could make up some points there in the forward line, but it seemed to be his mate, Chad Warner, who was about a hundred K cheaper, who got 121. So I would have been 46 points better off if I did that, but I'm still happy with the pick. I think he's got a better role.
00:08:33
JORDAN D'SENA
And I think he's the number two guy behind Heaney. So hopefully can bounce back this week with a good matchup.
00:08:40
Holmesy
Yeah, so let's, I mean, let's talk that now, Jordy. So why did you decide to go into Justin McInerney? Was it a a structure thing at this time of year needing to to trade in a forward or let's, yeah, let's go over our trade philosophies.
00:08:53
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, well, I think I only had, it actually worked out really well because Todd Marshall was a laid out. So I would have actually had to have Lombard who did okay in the end, but I wanted an extra four there to shore that up.
00:09:04
JORDAN D'SENA
I thought I'd be able to get some points there. I thought maybe Braden Cook may have dropped to maybe a 50 and I could have gone maybe 95-10. to 100 with McInerney. So I thought that was the best spot to put points on. The other reason was these buys coming up. So i needed a ah Sydney forward or just any forward that doesn't come into that R12 buy. so I wanted to do that. And I just thought McInerney was averaging his price at 94.
00:09:32
JORDAN D'SENA
I thought he had little bit of upside, like maybe he goes at 95. And I think 95 is enough to be a top six forward. So i thought, fairly priced, I'll just grab him. And that was the reason I went him over for Warner, just because of the role. And I thought maybe Warner, he might be close enough, but he might not be locked into top six forward.
00:09:53
Holmesy
Yeah, and i mean i did this that I went Warner, and that was mainly I thought there was some upside there. I i never thought he'd go 121, and let's be honest, he he didn't have the role that we picked him for, played forward in that last, basically the last half, didn't really get CBAs, and and was very lucky to get some of those goals in that last quarter. He did miss some some ones earlier in the game that he should have got, so I think it all comes out in the wash anyway.
00:10:18
Holmesy
But yeah, i I traded in a forward because I just couldn't have that Cook-Lombard-F5-F6 combo after the week before. And that's, yeah, that's why I went Chad Warner.
00:10:27
JORDAN D'SENA
Yep.
Trade Strategies and Timing Debates
00:10:28
Holmesy
And yeah, those coaches that have some combination of Sheasel, Pickett, Petrarca are definitely sleeping a lot easier than us that are rolling these speculative types down the bottom of the forward line.
00:10:39
Holmesy
So That was my my one trade. And then I went with Blamayes down to Retchko. I've decided to fade Anderson at this point in time. I just made the decision that if I just keep going on the guys that everyone else always has, then I'm just consistently playing catch-up. So I just decided to have a bit of a circuit breaker there. And Retchko obviously putting up the 91-1 I didn't expect that, but he he did look really good in that first game on that wing works quite hard into defense to help out. and And that's, you know, a lot of ball back there for Richmond. So was quite happy with that. But Harmi, what did you do for your trades?
00:11:13
Jon Harmey
ah Yeah, look, I did, well, one down, one up. Couldn't get to the top of the line, but I was pretty happy enough with a backline rookie upgrade to getting Nick Newman.
00:11:26
Jon Harmey
whether or not that pays off or whether or not that ends up being similar to the Colby-McKircher experiment. I'm not too sure yet. But, um yeah, it was like the Lockie Jakes out um down to Anderson to make some money and then Sam Greer up to Nick Newman. So one down, one up, and I'll be trying to do a similar um process this week. So hopefully no injuries and we can do do that as well.
00:11:53
Holmesy
Beautiful. So let's, before we get into our hot topics, just do a quick recap of the Pod Pod Challenge. So still four coaches inside the top 100. Happy Grilmore still ranked or ranked at 27, sorry. So still leading the Pod Pod Challenge. We've got Knocked Loose ranked 34, The Powerhouse 47 then Boggs Bulls.
00:12:15
Holmesy
um coming into 79 so hopefully over the next few weeks we can start to see more pod pod challenge members inside the top 100 but just a reminder the winner of the pod pod challenge will receive a custom afl fantasy ring from our friends over at supercoachchampion.com the league is the lead code sorry is still in the show description below if you would like to join up but boys let's get into our hot topics and mean, I'll start with you first. So let's talk a little bit of strategy.
00:12:45
Holmesy
You mentioned last round that you went one down, one up to to get a rookie off field. And that meant that you were only able to get up to a Nick Newman type. Now, Nick Newman was what we thought right for the picking, but just didn't put up that ceiling score against Freo.
00:13:00
Holmesy
I envision that there's going to be some coaches this week that are trying to do a one down, one up from a, let's just call it a a grill jarx, for example, just two rookies that are pretty much fattened.
00:13:11
Holmesy
If they're going down to a retch co or a coming that are around that sort of 340k mark, it's not going to be enough money if they haven't banked to get up to a genuine primo. is Are those the type of areas that you believe we should still be shopping at at this time of year? Or is it a case of maybe fixing up something else, carrying more cash so that you can get all the way closer to the top next week?
00:13:36
Jon Harmey
Yeah, look, i guess at this point of the season, I'm still willing to take punt on people I feel are undervalued rather than trying to make sure I get all the way up. um So that's where I kind of sit. But look, I've had a look at a whole bunch of players today and ah happy to share what I have looked at for one of my moves. So one of my moves is Dev Robinson down to Gretchko and then Jagger Smith up to Hugh McCluggage.
00:14:10
Jon Harmey
So if I was in the back line, you you used two rookie defenders as your example.
00:14:12
JORDAN D'SENA
Thank you.
00:14:17
Jon Harmey
So you could look at like a Bailey Dale or a Nick Newman type. I think that they are guys that on their day have the potential to get close to the top of their line. So...
00:14:27
Jon Harmey
um Yeah, that's that's sort of where I'm at. I mean, using Geordie's example, I mean, he's gone to Justin McInerney trying to get the top of the line and didn't pay off hay. So there is still risk with trying to get those guys that are, you know, highly priced and performing at the top.
00:14:43
JORDAN D'SENA
Thank you.
00:14:46
Holmesy
Jordy, I think the other thing we we sort of need to talk about is the fact you need to be careful. It's all well and good to to trade in a player because you think they're value, right? So let's talk in the midfield, which we'll go over later, but like McCluggage, Bond, Callaghan, whatever it is.
00:15:02
Holmesy
But you need to also look where your rookies are. And if by bringing in that upgrade means that you're going to be benching a Murdoch, for example, or you're taking away the ability to loop a Jagger or someone that's a really good scorer in the midfield,
00:15:15
Holmesy
You do need to be careful with that, as we've seen with, you know, having to play some pretty poor rookies on field in the forward line or, you know, Farrow's been really good up until this point, but a tough matchup against Brisbane this week, having to potentially leave some rookies on field that we don't want to field. So is that something you're thinking about with your upgrades over the next few weeks?
00:15:35
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, definitely. I think especially this week, I can pretty much go to any line and I'm looking at bringing in another defender because of these matchups. Like obviously, I've got Dersma there. I've got Murdoch. Jagger's got a good matchup. Retsko's got a good matchup.
00:15:49
JORDAN D'SENA
You've got Anderson. You can maybe loop. So I'm looking at going another line. I know midfielders score well, but that's what I'm looking at doing. Yeah. And I'm potentially looking at trading off Sorong. I know he's got a little bit more money to make, but I sort of have to get rid of one of these guys to get up. And I think it's going to have to be him.
00:16:09
JORDAN D'SENA
um I'm pretty keen to hold Jagger Smith. I think, I just think there's a chance he gets forward status. um I didn't catch all of the game, but he had four CBAs. So if he gets forward status,
00:16:21
JORDAN D'SENA
These R12 buyers, you could just flick him forward and he's going to be an extra number on your field in your forward line when we're sort of screaming for um these R12 players. So um I just think with a good matchup this week, maybe he could be one that you hold. So that's the sort of route where I am at.
00:16:41
Holmesy
Yeah, we're obviously not YouTube, so we don't have comments. But if someone could let us know where Jagger lined up on the weekend, I've heard obviously listening to the traders today, Roy mentioned that he thought the reason that Jagger was able to get seven marks was because Ollie Hollands was out, but Hollands has been on the wing slash halfback. So where where Jagger played would be handy to know.
00:17:02
Holmesy
I suppose I'll go back to you, Jordy. So i kind of touched on it with Harmi, but let's say you can't get all the way and we're not talking top, top, right? Like we're not talking your Baz Smith, Nick Dacos, some of these defenders that are, you know, priced at 115.
00:17:09
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:17:15
Holmesy
But if you're not willing to dabble in some of these other areas yet, so like some midfielders or players that are, you know, mid 80s, low 90s, whatever it is, we do have some underfo underperforming popular players now.
00:17:30
Holmesy
that probably need to have a discussion on
Underperforming Players: Hold or Trade?
00:17:32
Holmesy
whether they go. So, I mean, you've got Rochelle, who's been great, but he's now priced at 88, has his last two scores of 54 and 67. So his roles are changing around now. We've got McKercher, last two scores of 69 and 90. We know that he's lost that halfback role.
00:17:49
Holmesy
um I've got Caleb Sorong and I was shocked to see that 20% of the comp have him as well, but he's gone 66-88 in his last two. Wayne Millerer, last two scores of sixty nine one seventeen Yes, the 117 is nice, but that's really a one pop score out of a few middling scores. And then Darcy Parrish-Harmy did have back-to-back tons, but back to earth with a 69 on the weekend. So, Jordy, I suppose my question is,
00:18:15
Holmesy
If you don't want to go all the way up to it an underpriced best 22 player, is it worth potentially trading down and going up on one of those guys first, carrying over a lot of cash to then have more to play with next week?
00:18:29
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, i actually like this a lot because if you're not sort of keen on like the McCluggage, you know, he's got low tog and stuff like that. And you say you don't have a Nassaya, Wangini, Malera. Is there a room to go, you know what, I'll go McEacher straight up to Nassaya.
00:18:43
JORDAN D'SENA
Gives me another week, you might carry in some cash. And then the week after, you can get another look at these guys. So I actually don't hate that. And especially, you know, if you've got Parrish there as well, maybe again, you could go him to Nassaya and you play one of these rookies that we're talking about in his midfield spot who potentially could score the same if he's, you know, scoring these sixties. I mean, every chance he but um yeah bounces back maybe, but some I think, I think if i was in that spot, I think you can actually do that. That's sort of what I think.
00:19:14
Holmesy
Harmi, let's have a serious chat about Rochelle now because he was a fantastic starting pick for for those that went that way and I traded into him and I know a lot of coaches did as well.
00:19:26
Holmesy
He, on the weekend, had his CBAs drop to 38%, down from 81 the week before. We do know that Dawson was out the week before, so clearly that's why his CBAs spiked. But Rankin went up to 41.
00:19:39
Holmesy
um Dawson only had the 29, which means you know that's going to go back up when he feels like he's ready to have that full-time midfield role again. is Is there a world where coaches can trade out of a Rochelle? Like if you've got maybe more than seven forwards and you can get him to another player, or is it a ah case of getting him up to a Petrarca who has the same buy around or a Jason Horn Francis that has the same buy around?
00:20:04
Holmesy
What do you think?
00:20:06
Jon Harmey
Oh, look, I'd certainly be more happy with it if you were trading up to somebody who was going to be a premium, Petrarca, for example, that you've used. So could you trade off him?
00:20:17
Jon Harmey
Yes, you could. I guess he's break-even. He's 117. Yeah, and he um yeah and you know he lost lost money this week. So if you're thinking about it from a financial perspective. But...
00:20:31
Jon Harmey
I don't know. I don't really feel like he's my worst performing player. He still is playing CBAs. I think ah Adelaide is a bit of a funny midfield mix. They like Berry in there and they're playing... They they like Peatling too, I've noticed as well. So...
00:20:47
Jon Harmey
thought and I don't know. The thing is is, we're still not um inundated with awesome forwards, are we, really? There isn't that many guys that you'd be comfortable going to. you could you could flip it across to Jason Horne-Francis and then next week, it's the same for him, he's back to 60s. So, don't know, mate. um Yes, you could is the answer, um but I'm not sure if he's going to be your worst player.
00:21:13
Holmesy
All right, let's talk Colby then, Harmi. You're an owner, so you've obviously got skin in the game. In this half-forward role, especially with some some tougher match-ups coming up, we you know GWS was as as well not as tough as it gets, but it did seem like they were back to playing GWS footy with LDU not scoring well, Colby not scoring well. Outside of Sheezal, you didn't really have any any big scores. Is it time to to look at jumping off Colby?
00:21:41
Jon Harmey
I've certainly thought about it, mate. um I guess I've just still got some hope that they'll put him in the back line. I mean, did the Cam Zerha experiment fail after one week and then, like, now there's an opportunity for him to go back there? If I think about him, like Jordy said, you could trade ju Darcy Parrish up. Well, let's have a look at some players I've got around that mark.
00:22:07
Jon Harmey
Colby, 789,000.
00:22:10
Jon Harmey
boom Darcy Parrish, 781. um What's Jagab at 620? Well,
00:22:19
Jon Harmey
Rochelle is 836, you spoke to earlier. They're probably the people in my team that I'm looking at that I could offload to get up to a premium. So he's certainly in the mix of those. on and I don't know, mate. I sort of am a little bit torn at the moment on it because I also feel like if I just go through a normal course of events, trading two rookies out, getting a better player and a cheaper rookie again, that should really be the proper play. And that means that I hold McKercher and just accept that he's my D6 for the time being.
00:22:54
Holmesy
So that's your, you're just towing the company line there. And I suppose we did kind of talk about it last week with one of the listener questions with Shai Bolton, who puts up back-to-back 60s and then um you trade him out and he he goes at 130. So you think...
00:23:08
Holmesy
You know, as hard as it is that you've got a player whose role is a bit up and down and they they're putting up some scores that are not quite there, you just need to hold fat with them and and hope that they can sort of turn it around a bit.
00:23:20
Holmesy
I suppose the thing with Rochelle is he's gone 50 and 60. If he puts up another 60, that's going to be ah a 50K cash loss. And then really from there, you don't really have a choice but to to stick fat until he's buying.
00:23:28
Jon Harmey
Yeah,
00:23:33
Holmesy
And at that point, the damage might be done.
00:23:36
Jon Harmey
yeah well, that's right. Rochelle, you could...
00:23:38
JORDAN D'SENA
It's showdown.
00:23:40
Jon Harmey
um Oh, yes, it showed here, isn't it?
00:23:41
JORDAN D'SENA
i feel like Rochelle could, like, he's always given Port a bit of stick. So I'm hoping he's just going to, you know, hit the role maybe changes and oh it and he can give it, you know, a bit of a bounce back in a showdown.
00:23:56
Jon Harmey
tell you what, Holmesy, I'll give you two forwards who I've written down that you can make money off, Rochelle, and may be an upgrade.
00:24:07
Jon Harmey
Josh Rochelle, 836,000. Isaac Rankin, 735,000. There's 100 grand you could bank, putting him
00:24:12
Jon Harmey
isaac rankins seven hundred and thirty five thousand there's a hundred grand you could bank fightingdding him you know, to the other Adelaide player, who's $180,000 down for the year.
00:24:23
Jon Harmey
um Got a break even of, what, $65,000. So he should go up in value from here. And another one, you'll love this one, Holmesie. Jordan Degoe. Priced at $626,000, you're going to make to two hundred and ten thousand If you're trading in Jordan Dugowie, who has a 17 in his average from being knocked out, scored 89 on the weekend.
00:24:47
Jon Harmey
So there's a couple of cash makers for you.
00:24:51
Holmesy
Yeah, but when you put it into relative terms, Harmi, he scored an 89 and Pendlebury scored a 150. So, you know, against against any team that's not the Bombers, that's ah that's a 50 or 60.
00:24:56
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:25:02
Holmesy
Yeah, I don't know. i'm just I'm just spitballing ideas here if if coaches don't want to go all the way up to to the
Defender Market Value Analysis
00:25:08
Holmesy
top. Maybe it's just a ah week to to get off one of these underperforming players But yeah, Jordy, make a good point. The showdown, they typically get up four. So um yeah, and I'm the same with Miller, right? The 69's hard to stomach, but it was a tough matchup.
00:25:24
Holmesy
Port's quite a tough matchup for defenders anyway, but I think we just got to hold fat before we yeah trade these guys out, Hami.
00:25:32
Jon Harmey
He's been sighted, hasn't he, from the MRO miller. Where's that? I'll see if I can find it. You keep going, mate. I'll come back to it.
00:25:40
JORDAN D'SENA
um On Mukherjee, I actually think that North do want to play him off the half forward. We saw Sheezal play that last year. I think their best footy is with him at forward the ball. I know that everyone fantasy-wise wants him half back, but I think I would be trading off Mukherjee if he haven't got an Assaya, is my view on that one.
00:26:01
Holmesy
Well, that's a good segue in, Jordy, because we're going to talk targets now. um And we'll go line by line. and let's Let's start with the defenders. So there's a big four at the moment that just keep getting it done, albeit Sinclair's had a few 90-odd scores around his bigger tons. But you've got Lockie Ash, Roberts, Wilkie, and Sinclair, all priced between 115 for Ash and Sinclair at 111.
00:26:25
Holmesy
I think at this point of the season, it's too late to be paying up for them. You've kind of got to hope for them to come back a little bit before you get them on. But in the next tier, Geordie, you've got Whitfield priced at 108 and then you've got Nassaya priced at 107. So...
00:26:40
Holmesy
I mean, it's it's ah it's a heavy price tag, right? Like ah the top of the top defenders will average 110 if we're lucky and we're paying close to that for these these players.
00:26:43
JORDAN D'SENA
m
00:26:51
Holmesy
So, you know, talk me through. You you say coaches should go up to Nassai Wanganin-Miller and miller and he gets tagged he gets tagged each week.
00:26:58
JORDAN D'SENA
yeah
00:27:01
Holmesy
We've seen two tons for the year and now he's priced at 107. So do you still think he's valuing when we need to do it or do you think, you know, coaches can wait?
00:27:11
JORDAN D'SENA
Oh, I just, I think like we got Roberts Holmes at 98 and now he's at 114 in two weeks. is It's these changes are, ah you know, are happening real quick. I think Naz and Naz was probably about a hundred couple weeks ago and he's now 107. I just think he's probably fair value at the moment. He's got a really good run. I know Lord has come in, but Carlton tried to tag Nick Dacos and they just couldn't tag him at all.
00:27:38
JORDAN D'SENA
I know Lord wasn't there, I don't think. But I think he's fine in bit of form. I think I'm fine to go into Naz. He's probably a captain option this week as well. I'm also looking at Whitfield this week. Again, probably fair price, but he's got that awesome buy. And I think I've just sort of come to the terms of these guys are top six. I'm happy to pay fair price at this point of the year, I think. I know we're looking for under price, but I've got the cash. So I think I'm going to go there. And I think you can go to those two.
00:28:05
JORDAN D'SENA
And I think that would be the two picks if you're looking for a defender.
00:28:09
Holmesy
Yeah, how how crazy is it that, you know, how much the magic number has gone down? There's just no value really around at the moment outside of a few players that have, you know, a a big injury score built in.
00:28:16
JORDAN D'SENA
no
00:28:22
Holmesy
um It's, you know, Witt's averaged 103 for the year and he's priced at, you know, 108. It's just, it's insane.
00:28:28
JORDAN D'SENA
i wanted it yeah I wanted to get him last week. He went down in price this week and he's gone up, I think, in yeah two points in price that.
00:28:34
Holmesy
Yep.
00:28:36
JORDAN D'SENA
So, yeah.
00:28:36
Holmesy
Yep, it's like Treloar. Treloar was priced at 90 to start the year, comes in and has an 80 and is now priced at 98. So the price that figures just keep going up.
00:28:47
Holmesy
Harmi, let's talk you know some value in defense. I mean, you went Newman last week, priced at 80. Do you still think coaches go there at 83?
00:28:58
Jon Harmey
I think they could, yeah. um I mean, he's a guy that's got a history of getting it done. But as I sort of said earlier, I actually quite like the Bailey Dale pick, even though he doesn't have a...
00:29:11
Jon Harmey
ah an injured score that's dragging his average down. He just started the season slowly because he had injury in off season. So think he's not a bad option. Jordy spoke about Messiah. So a good pick. Witty, Witty I really like as well. So, but you know, they come at a price point too. Those two guys are over a million. so um Yeah, it depends how much money you've got, how you can get to. But i guess I like all all four of those players.
00:29:43
Holmesy
So would your preference be to, so if you had to, Gunty had to pick, would your preference be to go up to a Nassiah or a Witte and lock away that top six who might have a little bit of value, but more than likely is fair price? Or is your preference to to dabble in the Newman, Bailey Dale areas priced in the mid to low eighty s
00:30:05
Jon Harmey
If I have the money and i do end up trading out Colby, I'm likely to go to Whitfield Nassau.
00:30:15
Holmesy
All right, let's talk midfielders then. Jordy, Marcus Bontempelli tagged to 28 against Geelong two weeks ago. Everyone thought with the James Jordan tag and the injury that we're going to get another tag score and he was going to drop a lot of cash, but does bont things, comes out, scores a 114. Roll was a little bit different, had the CBAs and then pushed behind the ball.
00:30:37
Holmesy
So still has a high break even. ah ah think it's around 130-ish. I don't have it exactly off the top of my head.
00:30:43
Jon Harmey
Yeah, 147.
00:30:43
Holmesy
But does play Freo, who he has an insane record against. I think he averages 128 over his last five against Freo and has something like eight out of the next 10 games at at Marvel Stadium. 105 for Bont.
00:30:58
Holmesy
What do you think there?
00:31:00
JORDAN D'SENA
Oh, that's got to be value, right? Like, Bont went at 111 last year, and he's done that for, like, you know, three or four years. The only thing that concerns me, like, I can get him this week all-wheel field.
00:31:11
JORDAN D'SENA
For me, it's just like, again, we're talking about the those positions. Do I want a rookie on? But then I've also got the chance to get Bont. But his knee, is it sore? Do we wait? Yeah. That is my only concern on that. So I think you can potentially go this week, but I think you can also wait a week or two if you need to. He's not going to as you said, that break-even's high. If you can get him...
00:31:34
JORDAN D'SENA
if you can sort of plan for it, I know this year has been hard to plan, but I think we're definitely going to need Bond in our side. He's a top eight mid, um that 28, hopefully that was just a, i don't know, a once in a blue off game.
00:31:47
JORDAN D'SENA
um But I ah might even go rewatch the game because I want to see that, how that knee's looking. I might even just go there this week.
00:31:54
Jon Harmey
Oh. Mate, he had a whole roll of tape on the damn thing, but it was just rude.
00:31:59
JORDAN D'SENA
Hmm.
00:32:00
Jon Harmey
It didn't stop him at all. People try and stand next to him to tag him. He just pushes them off, runs off, gets the ball. He just did it with ease.
00:32:08
Holmesy
You watch, Jordy.
00:32:09
JORDAN D'SENA
Good to hear.
00:32:10
Holmesy
Priced at 106. Breakeven at 144. He's going to go 120. He'll lose cash, but his price that'll go from 106 to 110, and you'll have to pay 110 for Bont next week.
00:32:20
JORDAN D'SENA
That is true. That is true. So I should get him this week.
00:32:23
Holmesy
Harmi, I'll go to you for the next player because Jordy is very biased, but Will Ashcroft now priced at 105, 131 on the weekend, despite coming off in the first quarter with a bit of an elbow concern.
00:32:34
Jon Harmey
Mm-hmm.
00:32:36
Holmesy
ah The Adelaide matchup is real for opposition midfielders. There's enough data to suggest now that Adelaide are just a very soft matchup for for midfielders. You just have to look, Lockie Neal 159, Will Ashcroft 130.
00:32:51
Holmesy
you know Even Sorong went 120 against Adelaide ah a few weeks ago. Is there any value in a Will Ashcroft or do you think that with Huma Cluggidge getting fitter, that Clugg will eventually start to take over Ashcroft like he did last year?
00:33:06
Jon Harmey
Yeah, yeah, look, he's a good pick. ah I think he's a very good player, but I guess I'm probably more likely to pick um McCluggage or Dunkley, who I feel are underpriced where they are. they're They're a good price to be bringing in. They have the same good run that they they do, and um yeah, they've they've got more runs on the board potentially. So i guess...
00:33:35
Jon Harmey
probably prefer those over Will Ashcroft, to be honest with you.
00:33:40
Holmesy
All Harmi. Well, let's let's put them together then. So McCluggage is now priced at 85, which is ridiculously cheap for a player of his caliber.
Player Speculation and Potential Breakouts
00:33:50
Holmesy
Still only had the 66% time on ground on the weekend. So I think it was about 55% against North three weeks ago, week after.
00:33:58
Holmesy
then lifted to sixty five percent the week after and then they They kept it at 65%. So, you you know, they were flogging Adelaide. It would have been nicer to have him um go up to sort of 75% to really launch. But against Essendon, the question is going to be, is this the game that they unleash him now that he's had three back and he just goes ham like he had 150 on him last year? Or is this still another game where they're likely to hold him back knowing that they're playing the Bombers and it's going to be a bit of an easy kill?
00:34:31
Jon Harmey
Well, that's a good point you make. He started off really well the other day in the first quarter, and in that last quarter, he basically just loped around like you know like he the game was done so they didn't push it in that last quarter I think he scored two points I think he was on like 78 at 80 points at three-quarter time whatever so um you can basically write that off that last quarter of the other day um well obviously the bombers are going to be super competitive probably probably win so I guess he's really gonna have to push and he'll score over 100
00:35:00
JORDAN D'SENA
Yep.
00:35:05
Holmesy
Didn't help us there. Harmy Dunkley priced at 91.
00:35:09
Jon Harmey
Look, I reckon just to compare the two, ah reckon you just save $62,000 and you
00:35:20
JORDAN D'SENA
ye
00:35:20
Holmesy
Yeah, yeah. And Dunkley, we kind of, I know Vams did, but we kind of hypothesized that Dunkley might have a bit of a a pop score for him in this Adelaide game. And that's his first ton since round one.
00:35:32
Holmesy
Hasn't really been tackling, but hasn't had to with the way the game's being played at the moment. I think there will be a time that that maybe we'll look at a Josh Dunkley if if the game starts to slow down and and it starts going into that winter football. Although I know the stats don't back it up, but he does seem to get going in the second half of the year. But I think you just let that one go through to the keeper. But, Jordy, I'll throw you three names here.
00:35:52
Holmesy
So Finn Callaghan priced at 101, Noel Anderson priced at 95, and then Matt Rowe priced at 94. All three guys that we saw in patches last year be top eight mids.
00:36:06
Holmesy
For Callaghan and Anderson, you've always got that thread of a tag, whereas Rowe you don't. Is there any interest in those three?
00:36:15
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I really like Callaghan. I was actually, he was going to be my target this week, but then he popped out of 65. I know he got tagged, but now it's just sort of like, oh, do I want to see a score? But he's got a great run.
00:36:28
JORDAN D'SENA
He did have Jordan and Foss, so it's like the hardest taggers. um I think with at his price, you can still go there. um I still like, I really like Callaghan as an option. i don't know if I would be touching the Gold Coast guys, only because We just saw Trak come in and it's the first time we saw them. They're not really the best fantasy side.
00:36:51
JORDAN D'SENA
um Harmi saw Rao before the game and gave him a pump up, but he didn't only got 80, I think, Harmi. So...
00:36:58
Jon Harmey
That's right.
00:36:58
JORDAN D'SENA
um
00:36:59
Jon Harmey
He didn't listen to me.
00:36:59
JORDAN D'SENA
I think, yeah, I think we, and they've got Giants this week. So I think we can, I wouldn't be going there. I think I'd be going, I like Callaghan and I like McCluggage, I think, as the best options out of this range. And then obviously Bond, if you want to pay up a bit more. That's sort of what I would go out of the out of the three, i think.
00:37:17
Holmesy
Yeah, i I like the idea of a Noah Anderson, but I mean, when you look at his run to the bye, they've got GWS this week, which is tough. They then have St Kilda who have been running tags on and off, then goes into Port, which has been still quite tough, even though they're not that good a side at the moment. And then into North, which is going to be a ah Finno Sullivan tag. so I think you just let the the Gold Coast boys go through the keeper. Although I think you'd probably be tagging Petrarca with Foss before you tag Noah Anderson with how he goes forward. But yeah,
00:37:47
Holmesy
Yeah, I think, man, I really like the idea of Finn Callaghan-Geordie. I'm not sure they'll able to make it work this week.
00:37:51
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:37:54
Holmesy
But with their run, as you said, they go um Gold Coast into Essendon, into West Coast. Then they have Brizzy, which is a bit tougher, followed by Melbourne before their bye.
00:38:05
Holmesy
And then, obviously, we know they have the round 13 bye, which is that really good bye round we're looking for. um with Richmond. So I do like Finn Callaghan um and, you know, the good coaches will, but they'll go to these picks, Geordie, before they see the the pop score, which is why i also like a bit of Hugh McCluggage this week.
00:38:22
Holmesy
if If he finally puts it all together and goes bang, then everyone's getting him next week and then you've got the the ability to to get ahead there. But
Ruck Strategy and Investment
00:38:30
JORDAN D'SENA
Yep.
00:38:30
Holmesy
all good options and we'll see where coaches go this week.
00:38:34
Holmesy
The rucks are a bit of an interesting conversation now. And I suppose, Jordy, let's start. there's There's a few questions below about McAndrew. So, i mean, let's tie it all into the ruck conversation. So you've got coaches that might still be running McAndrew at R3, where they're just waiting for the right time to cash him out, to to use that cash on field. But for the for the coaches that have McAndrew still at R2,
00:38:59
Holmesy
There's a bit of game theory here about when you get when you get off a player like this. So what are you what are your plans with McAndrew? Are you just happy to keep rolling him through to his buy? Are you potentially looping him at times and then trading into a ruck if he puts up a real stinky score? like What are you sort of thinking here?
00:39:16
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I think I've sort of not really had a look too deep into I've been trying to fix other things in my side and I was happy to run him, I think, until the buyers. I thought maybe with his with the buyer, like could you use him to get an extra dot on field? But like I think maybe as the weeks go by, like I've got Dante, so i one week I need to go him down to a red dot at some point.
00:39:38
JORDAN D'SENA
um I'm thinking with right round 12 as well with his buyer coming up, um We probably do want two rucks there because McAndrew is going to have the buyer, but you're going to get an extra number there with the forward. So i wonder if Tim English, he might play this week. He's one guy that, you know, maybe you just wait on this for a week or two because you might be able to grab a a pretty cheap Tim English for McAndrew and it wouldn't be too much um too much money there and also would help with those fixing those buyers. So i think for me, I've just sort of left it. and But, you know, in two weeks I could, have Tim English and I could just do the trade. It could suit best. I think that's what i where I'm leaning.
00:40:20
Holmesy
Yeah, and it's ah it's a good ah it's a good strategy. Tim English, we we clearly need to see fit again, but has a break even of 170. So he's going to lose a lot of cash when he comes back. And umy the other thing is that the Ruckman that we potentially want to trade into, they're all not cheap anymore. So...
00:40:37
Holmesy
Max Gorn's still priced at 118, despite the fact that he's had two underwhelming performances now. And he's got that ruck share with Heath at the moment. So I'm not sure you're you're touching that anytime soon.
00:40:51
Holmesy
If coaches hadn't got on a Grundy by this point, he's now priced at 115.
00:40:54
JORDAN D'SENA
right.
00:40:55
Holmesy
Obviously has the Gorn matchup this week, which is i going to be quite tough. You've got Tristan Cherry who's come back. He's dropped some pretty poor scores this year, but outside of those, he's had some monsters, comes back.
00:41:08
Holmesy
What do you have on the weekend? 130, 140. remember exactly what it was, but he's now priced at 114. Do you think McAndrew is just a leave for now and then you just target um whatever Ruckman's going to be close to that sort of top three when the price is right?
00:41:24
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I really think you do. I mean, what did he get on the weekend? 80-something, 84 maybe? um Look, he he's going just fine. ah think that um ting Tim English is is certainly the one that we're hoping will come back off his knee injury in good form and and he'll probably be the underpriced one we all go to, I'd say.
00:41:47
Holmesy
Agree with that. So now we move into the forward line and we're not going to talk too many value options in the forward line. We've seen how the Zerhars, the Bailey Williams, these types just haven't haven't paid off. you know um Even Darcy Byrne-Jones has been good without setting the lights out since that ton when he first moved back into defense. But There are a few players that I want to talk about, Jordy. We're not going to launch into Treloar yet.
00:42:14
Holmesy
I did watch that game and the 80 off low time on ground looks good, but he was not running well. There were times where he actually got given the ball where he was standing still and and really shouldn't have got it. So we need to wait to see his...
00:42:28
Holmesy
fitness come back first but jason horn francis is one that is very very interesting to me mainly because port are so concentrated at the top end because of the the lack of talent that they have at the bottom we've seen it for years right we've seen basically it be connor rosie and uh zach butters and then no one they had dan houston for a while but outside of that they've had a few players that have been able to just carry the load and then everyone else is quite poor around them so He has been building slowly. So what have we got here in terms of his center bounces? And we know he didn't have an off season.
00:43:04
Holmesy
So he had 27% center bounces in the first game, followed by 50. Then it spiked to 66. And then it's been 30, 44, 60, and 70%, which has been off the back to back 120. So priced at 99.
00:43:19
Holmesy
He's not cheap anymore. But I kind of see the forwards as that first tier being your Sheasel by himself. And then you've got a smaller tier, which is your Petrarca and Cozzi.
00:43:30
Holmesy
Is there any world where Jason Horne-Francis can be in a tier with your Cozzi and Petrarca? Because they're the midfielders that are getting the midfield minutes. And it does seem that Horne-Francis has built up to that now.
00:43:42
JORDAN D'SENA
I definitely think there's a world like he's got the CBAs. It's pretty much correlated with Rosie going down. So we've had to have someone fill that sort of midfield role. He's in unbelievable form.
00:43:53
JORDAN D'SENA
And is it his fourth year now? so And also Port, like we played some a lot better footy on the weekend and that's only going to help him. so I actually think now he probably is a top six forward. So whether he can get into the the one hundred bracket of average, but I think he's a good pick. I think the only thing that people might cannot consider with it is this R12 buy.
00:44:15
JORDAN D'SENA
But if you're flicking off another guy like a Rochelle, is that okay to do that? And is that worth the trade off? So i think he's now a top six just based off some of the other guys we've got there in the high CBA role.
00:44:30
JORDAN D'SENA
um So I think he's a good pick. It's just like, do you go now or can you wait? But it could be a lot more after the bye.
00:44:39
Holmesy
Harmi, you're kind of shaking your head a little bit and and not looking too interested in the Jason Horne-Francis move, but he has had three 120s this year, hasn't he?
00:44:41
JORDAN D'SENA
Hmm.
00:44:47
Holmesy
So he's got the ceiling.
00:44:47
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:44:48
Holmesy
Let me just have I'm not talking out of my... Yeah, so he's gone 128, 126, 120. And outside of that 50 that he had in round one, basically hasn't dropped below 80. So he's got to be in consideration, right, with our forward line was.
00:45:04
Jon Harmey
Yeah, well, absolutely he does. i mean... He will be top six and he's just really expensive. i guess that's probably my thing with him.
00:45:17
Jon Harmey
I guess, yeah. Where did you have Jordan to go, mate? He's the next tier down, is he?
00:45:20
JORDAN D'SENA
Okay.
00:45:24
Holmesy
You keep padding while I get Horn Francis' run up.
00:45:25
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:45:27
Holmesy
Come on.
Rochelle's Role and Trading Implications
00:45:28
Holmesy
Back to it. Back to being serious.
00:45:30
Jon Harmey
I guess, and things have changed slightly. you think about, put yourself in his shoes, his season, he came off an interrupted pre-season. He's been building his fitness base as we come into the season. So few rounds in now, that midfield opportunity has opened up for him with Noconor Rosie and Myles Bergman. dealing with his own issues and now sitting in the back pocket. So, I mean, that midfield role, they need him. They need him there. And everything is falling his way at the moment this season so far.
00:46:04
Holmesy
Yep, I actually kind of like this one, I'll be honest. And the the argument over the last few weeks has been you can't have too many of these round 12 forwards with Petrarca, Sheezal, Rochelle, even our rookies, Cook, Lombard, Doverston all have that same buy. If you trade into a Zerha, you now have him him as well.
00:46:23
Holmesy
But I envision that Rochelle is going to be going before round 12. And hopefully some of those rookies are going to be going at the same time, which is going to open things up for us. And you mentioned Jordy, hopefully Jagger gets forward status and Milan Murdoch should get forward status as well, which is only going to add more flexibility for that round 12 buy.
00:46:41
JORDAN D'SENA
Yep. yep
00:46:42
Holmesy
Before we get into the questions, Jordy, let's talk rookie downgrade options for those coaches that are looking to do your traditional one up, one downs this week. So I think if you don't have Retchco, he's the the one to go to. But is it too late for an Angus Anderson if you're someone like me that has missed him?
00:47:01
JORDAN D'SENA
Oh, Price at 46 now. I think it might be too late. um Look, last week, i watching his first half, I was like, oh, he could be in the gun here. But then the second half, um you know, had a big third quarter and looked um awesome. And he obviously, can you know, vied him some time and he's looking great. Minus seven break even. I don't know. I think, you know, someone in your position, you've already got Retsko.
00:47:26
JORDAN D'SENA
So do you go somewhere else like ah like a Sam Cumming? I guess it's not if you've got nowhere else to go, really. I mean, you probably could. But I mean, ideally, you I would want to go to another rookie. I mean, ideally, Retch Scoff, you haven't got him.
00:47:43
Holmesy
Yeah, so that's that's my thinking. And Harmi, so Charlie Edwards didn't really score against Brisbane on the weekend. And I i dare say he goes out for a Saligo or a Dan Curtin coming back from the sample.
00:47:55
Holmesy
If it's not next week, it'll be probably the week after. But the other two...
00:48:00
Jon Harmey
Thank
00:48:00
Holmesy
options that are kind of there. You've got James Leak, who scored a 50-odd on the weekend, priced at 34, does have the handy defender forward status, but Joe Fonte missed with suspension last week. So I dare say he comes back in and Leak's probably on the outer. But is Sam coming, priced at 36, did have the 12 centre bounces on the weekend, but Taranto was out.
00:48:26
Holmesy
Is he the type of rookie at this time of year that you just need a lock away because of the job security and the potential scoring? Or do you actually think his job security might be a bit more risky than we're kind of letting on or thinking about?
00:48:40
Jon Harmey
Look, I'll just compare those two. um So, ignoring everybody else. I really like James Leake, you know, as a player in that. like But he is a fringe 22 player in a team that thinks that they are going to be competing.
00:48:59
Jon Harmey
He has already been in and out of the team this year. So, that's his current job security. Sam Cumming is somebody that they would have had in the team all season. barring his shoulder injury, he is a high draw pick in developing team. They should be getting as many games into him as they can. So I feel like Sam Cummings should be, as long as his shoulder holds in place, should be a lot better job security than what James Leak has at the moment.
00:49:30
Holmesy
Yeah, and I think that's where I'm kind of at with him as well. last Last year at this time of the year, we traded into some rookies that were cheaper but didn't quite work out. So Bustlinger kept getting dropped from the Bulldogs.
00:49:43
Holmesy
I think it was Hayes from Essendon that was unfortunate because of the ACL, but he was another red dot rookie. um I think there might have been three weeks in a row where I traded into a rookie that didn't really pay off as well as it should have. So if there's ever a time where you get a rookie with good job security, with a decent enough role, like a Sam Cumming, yes, he plays for Richmond. So they're going to find it hard to score at times. I think he is one that you need to lock away and also has the round 13 buy, which is Almost the perfect amount of time to be able to maximize his cash gen to then be traded off once we get to the buy round. So I definitely think Retchko and Cumming are the two players to target this week. And if you are like me, who's missed Anderson, I think we just need to let that one go through to the keeper.
00:50:28
Holmesy
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00:51:11
Holmesy
But Harmi, the first one here is from...
00:51:14
Jon Harmey
Jamesy, I hope that i no one's been taking that copying that trade advice you've been giving.
00:51:21
Holmesy
ah Well, the trades for my teams are not as good as the trade advice we can give for other teams because other teams are actually going all right, Harmi. So I put my hand up straight away there and go, I'd like to go here, but unfortunately I have to go here, right?
00:51:28
JORDAN D'SENA
Hmm.
00:51:32
Jon Harmey
Ah, right. Gotcha. with ya
00:51:35
Holmesy
Back on script, mate. look Look at you go. You're finally back in the top 10K after what, two, three years and you're... Nah, anyway. Anyway, Harmi, Jocko number 36 has asked what to do with Kitty Coleman. Is he a must trade now?
00:51:51
Jon Harmey
Be with me one sec. Kitty Carmen. Yeah, saw a few.
00:51:55
Holmesy
Had 52 on the weekend.
00:51:56
Jon Harmey
Nah.
00:51:57
Holmesy
I don't think it was good the week before either. You would have hoped with Dane Zorko being out that you saw a bit of an increased role responsibility and some pop scores, but but that hasn't quite eventuated.
00:52:09
Holmesy
But does have the Bombers this week.
00:52:11
Jon Harmey
Yeah, he's been very much up and down. He's been playing in the back line, hasn't he? But um it's just as we kind of predicted that those other guys that have moved back in the period when he's been out have gone past him um and they don't need the ball in his hands as much as they did three years ago. So could you trade off? Yes, you could.
00:52:32
Jon Harmey
He's averaging 73, I think, or like 70-odd, and that's what he will be.
00:52:39
JORDAN D'SENA
Zorko May coming.
00:52:39
Holmesy
i Yeah, Zorko might come in as well. That's not a bad shout. mean, they do have Essendon, Carlton, Geelong, GWS and Frio in the next five. So a pretty neutral run.
00:52:52
Holmesy
I think I'm actually going to stick fat with him for another week, similar Philippo last week, Harmi, where we had this debate on the podcast just with the Essendon matchup. I think you just give it one more.
00:53:04
Holmesy
you know we We said to trade out Windsor last week for the Richmond matchup and he puts up a pop score in ah in an easy matchup. So if Coleman doesn't go well in the easy matchup against the Bombers, then clearly you
Final Trade Advice and Closing Remarks
00:53:16
Holmesy
go.
00:53:16
Holmesy
But there's nothing worse than trading out someone that puts a pop score on your head.
00:53:20
Jon Harmey
Mm-hmm.
00:53:20
Holmesy
So, yeah, I think I'd be holding fat for one more. And if he doesn't get it done, then clearly get off. Jordy, this one is from Chris. Can you fellas please tick off upgrading grill this week over moving on Zerha, who has a break even of 43 and then he moves on to the forward next week. So he's got a lot of money in the bank. So that's not an issue.
00:53:41
Holmesy
But, you know, who's more important to move off grill or Zerha?
00:53:46
JORDAN D'SENA
where do you yeah Where do you sit with Zerhard? Do you just give him another week break, even a 43? Got the cats. Do you just give him one more just in case he nut you off him? Yep.
00:53:56
Holmesy
Yeah, I mean, you' you've got to listen in the week, right, for what the role is going to be. But all we were hearing was that the role was it was locked in for one, but it's a week-to-week proposition and then they' they don't envision it to be a long-term thing. And what do we know about Zerhar is that he's ah a 50 averaging forward.
00:54:15
Holmesy
So personally, it was like last year when I traded into Riley Hardiman off the back of a ton and then puts up a 40 the next week.
00:54:16
JORDAN D'SENA
He's got to go.
00:54:23
Holmesy
I just bit the bullet and I went. Now admittedly, Zerha's in a forward line where the options are a bit thin, but I think you just need to you know park the eagle a bit and and trade off him straight away.
00:54:34
Holmesy
Grill does have the eagles. So, you know, what's not to say that Grill doesn't put a pop score up against the Eagles? I'm not saying he will. And he probably does fit the definition of ah a first-year player that's starting to tire.
00:54:47
Holmesy
I think we've seen three weeks in a row now where Grill's been on a decent score at quarter time and half time and then faded out and and looked cooked in that last quarter and sat a lot.
00:54:52
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:54:57
Holmesy
um I'm on the fence here, Harmi. Who needs to go first, Grill or Zerha?
00:55:00
Jon Harmey
Zerha. who's a Who's like, Grudel is a better fantasy scorer and will have a more consistent score build.
00:55:02
Holmesy
Yeah.
00:55:08
Jon Harmey
I just think Zerha can go. Louis would have been sitting in the first quarter. Zerha was on 22 points. He would have been thinking he's done a good job there, but it all came crashing down to earth as soon as the second quarter where he had four points, which is a bit more like Cam Zerha, isn't it?
00:55:27
Holmesy
Yeah, far out. You would have hoped you got a few more weeks out of it, but yeah.
00:55:28
JORDAN D'SENA
Can't believe that.
00:55:31
Holmesy
Geordie, I'll stay with you for another one here. So this one is from James Kolaris. And we've kind of already spoken about this on the podcast, but let's give him a specific answer. So would you prioritize removing Colby, who stalled in both points and cash gen, versus a rookie like Sorong slash Blumayers, who have pretty much made what they'll know that but they're going to make? sorry Either way, he's going to get a primo like Messiah Wanganee Miller. So I'll put my hand up straight away and say...
00:55:59
Holmesy
I'm not interested in trading out Sorong. I know you are, Jai Sorong that is, but he's just come off an 80 and they're playing Melbourne.
00:56:03
JORDAN D'SENA
Mm-hmm.
00:56:08
Holmesy
That's going to be a pretty good matchup for wingers, I would have thought, and he's playing very good football. But yeah, could you go off a Colby before it's a Blumeyers or before it's a Grill, before it's a Jaxx?
00:56:19
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I think ideally, like Blumeyer's up, who's not playing, is the logical trick the trade because you're going up to Nassaya and you're you're getting a look at Cobb another week. The only thing I will say is but if Blumeyer is out, he might be a handy loop option. So I wonder if you can actually do some looping and if you need him, you need him.
00:56:38
JORDAN D'SENA
Could you then... if you need to use him, just flick Colby up to Nassaya. I know whether that's a bit of ah a trading game there on on looping. Like we've got Lindsay, we've got Farrow, although Blumeyers plays that Saturday twilight.
00:56:53
JORDAN D'SENA
So you probably got, you can probably get a look at, I guess you can get a look at Farrow.
00:56:57
Holmesy
The Eagles boys, Richmond boys.
00:56:59
JORDAN D'SENA
Yep. Yep. um So i think I'd ah do that. I think ideally, but Myers, right. And then Colby's probably kicking the can down another, another week, I think.
00:57:11
Holmesy
Yeah, and I traded out Blamayes this week, but I did exactly that where I had a look at a few looping options first, sorry, and decided whether I needed him or not.
00:57:17
JORDAN D'SENA
Hmm.
00:57:18
Holmesy
And I actually do kind of regret it a little bit. Having ah a mid-defender loop option is quite handy. um But yeah, if he's not going to make it back in the side, he will need to go at some stage. And we've had a ah lot of good rookies so far, but I dare say we're going to start to get some red dots at some stage soon. Harmi, this one is from Jack Marquis.
00:57:39
Holmesy
Is it better to get his M8, which is a Blamire slash Anderson type, up to an underpriced primo, so a Callahan, or to get his F6, which is a Bailey Williams, up to a primo forward like track or picket? So is it better to fix the M8 or is it better to fix the F6?
00:58:01
Jon Harmey
Hold on, just see what Williams scored. I think it was bad.
00:58:06
JORDAN D'SENA
he may also be able to do some looping here with Anderson.
00:58:11
Jon Harmey
Bailey Williams, 61. Okay, and who have they got this week? Who'd you say they've got, Holmesy?
00:58:16
Holmesy
have Richmond, so who don't have a rock yet.
00:58:18
Jon Harmey
Who don't have a ruck either. Yeah, look, maybe. i mean, it's just that I like a lot of the midfield options that he he said Callaghan, but there are others, obviously.
00:58:30
Jon Harmey
i really just like a lot of the midfield options you can get to and just hold Williams for another week potentially. So, yeah, be going like Blamires up to a decent mid.
00:58:41
Jon Harmey
Blamires isn't playing anyway, so that's probably where I'd go.
00:58:46
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose it's just the conversation around locking that M8 spot away from from your rookies that are playing, right? So Anderson really hasn't done anything wrong from ah from a rookie scoring point of view.
00:58:57
Holmesy
Milan Murdoch is a very good rookie scorer. All of our rookies in defense have defender mid status as well. think you're so wrong, all those guys. So... Do you still want the ability to play ah a rookie in the midfield? That's the the question you have to weigh up. I think I'd probably give Williams one more against Richmond. Hope you get ah a pop score there and and the cash is away a little bit more. But um yeah, it's ah it's a tricky one. Just have a think about where your rookies are going to be playing.
00:59:25
Holmesy
Jordy, this one is from Henza360. Given this is the pod pod, let me give you a pod. Elliot Yeo, 85 and 90 in the last two. Eagles run for mids is quite good. They do play Richmond this week.
00:59:39
Holmesy
Price below seven hundred k He would like you to talk him out of it.
00:59:44
JORDAN D'SENA
This is Harmi's man. All pre-season. Elliot Yeo and Tim Kelly. um
00:59:50
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:59:51
JORDAN D'SENA
I know he's a forward, right? He's got a forward status. I think that's that's what is the, guess, um drawing him in because he's got the forward status. I think as a midfield, you're probably not doing it.
01:00:03
Jon Harmey
Must have picked it up.
01:00:03
JORDAN D'SENA
But yeah, picked it up. I just can't do Elliot Yeo just with the history. I know he's at seven hundred k but... Personally, I just, I can't go there.
01:00:15
Holmesy
Yep. You just have to look earlier on in the year. So played Gold Coast, played North and then played Port and then got subbed out at halftime against Port with that groin issue. So you might get a week out of him. You might get two weeks, you might get a month, but more than likely the maths would say that he has an injury at some point and then you're in a bit of trouble. So that's the That's the Elliot Yeo talking point. We know he can score in the right role, but low time on ground due to his injury history.
01:00:43
Holmesy
Harmi wants to say something, which means he's going to talk you into it.
01:00:47
Jon Harmey
Oh, just, it's just sure, like, surely this is just another Cam Zerha, Bailey Williams. You know, like, ah the chances of it coming off are very slim.
01:00:59
JORDAN D'SENA
Togoi.
01:00:59
Holmesy
Yeah. Do you owe me?
01:01:01
Jon Harmey
Hey, Degoe.
01:01:01
JORDAN D'SENA
it
01:01:02
Holmesy
Yeah.
01:01:03
Jon Harmey
He's cheaper, 6.26. Jordy.
01:01:04
JORDAN D'SENA
yeah
01:01:05
Jon Harmey
jony
01:01:07
Holmesy
Harmi, this one is from our Instagram page from stewardwarddc.
01:01:08
JORDAN D'SENA
Nah.
01:01:12
Holmesy
So he wants you to pick one this week. Newman, Klug or Callaghan?
01:01:18
Jon Harmey
Well, I think Klug's the most value out of the three. I think Callaghan will score the most points out of the three. And if you need a back, Newman. So, look, if you've just got to choose one of those guys, I'd probably least say McCluggage.
01:01:36
Holmesy
Yeah, there's 16 points priced at difference between Cluggage and Callaghan.
01:01:39
JORDAN D'SENA
Thank
01:01:42
Holmesy
And at the end of the year or whenever you plan on trading them out, if you plan on trading them out, I i think that it's not going to be 16 points between them. could actually see them probably averaging close to the same. So i would be taking the value in that one. Jordy, this one's from Jacob Bennett.
01:01:59
Holmesy
Who's the best option to bring in out of Bont, Whitfield or Pickett?
01:02:05
JORDAN D'SENA
So this is a good question because this is exactly the three players that I'm looking at doing for Sorong. don't need to pick which way to go, but I'll give you my reasons of where I've landed with it. so Bont, the only thing that's scaring me off is the knee concern.
01:02:21
JORDAN D'SENA
I know Norton had a bit of a neck scare. Does he go forward? I think Norton's going to be fine. Is there talk of a you know forward? I don't know. I just don't know whether I wait a week. The other thing is, do I just get Bont now? As you said at the top of the show, Holmes, he probably is 110 next week.
01:02:37
JORDAN D'SENA
So my my mind could change on that. Pickett, I really like because of the buys and he's a top six. Does have the James Jordan tag this week. So, or they're going try it. So that's the only thing that's there in my mind.
01:02:51
JORDAN D'SENA
So I've landed on Whitfield because it allows me to play an extra mid and he's got a great run coming up. And I just like what I saw. i know he's on two at quarter a time, but I just liked what I saw from him. So that's where I'm at currently, but it definitely could change because they're they are all basically best 22.
01:03:11
Holmesy
Yep, I agree with that. Boys, that is going to wrap us up. That is another big round review episode. Now, Harmi, I know you're still technically the top coach of the pod in terms of ranking, but I am predicting that our man Jordy here is going to overtake you this week and storm to the top.
01:03:30
Holmesy
So, Jordy, I'm going to get you to give out our closing thoughts to the listeners this week, just jumping ahead and and making a bit of a prediction.
01:03:30
JORDAN D'SENA
well
01:03:39
JORDAN D'SENA
Yeah, I think just keep continuing. Like one up, one down seems like the trades this week. And I think, you know, we've tried to go fruity the last couple of weeks, but this season seems to be the straight bat almost seems to be the the way to go and just keep building your team. So I think straight bat, get these best primos in and you'll start to climb the ranks.
01:04:00
JORDAN D'SENA
And, you know, some of these boys can put some pop scores up. So that would be my closing remarks.
01:04:08
Holmesy
some very wise words there, Jordy. Make sure you are following us at PodPod AFL on X. I'm at Holmes is Heroes. Make sure you are subscribed to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your content.
01:04:23
Holmesy
Hopefully, we're able to get in contact with Louis and have him back on the podcast this next week. Sorry, he is definitely surely missed, but we'll be back on Tuesday next week for another round review.
01:04:37
Holmesy
Hope everyone has a good week and we'll chat again soon. Bye.