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Injury Carnage | Strategy Round Table | AFL Fantasy Q&A #PODPOD
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On this episode, Holmesy, Harmey and Sam talk you through all the strategies following a week of carnage! JHF did a hammy, Macrae punctured a lung, Callaghan dislocated a shoulder and many others are now questionable. Crisis creates opportunity and everytime popular players go down, it allows the competition to diverge and the quality coaches to shine. With a crucial round of trading approaching, this episode is not one to miss!
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Transcript
Introduction and Mid-Season Excitement
00:00:18
Holmesy
G'day and welcome to the Pod Pod. It's Holmesy here talking all things AFL Fantasy Classic for you on this Tuesday 20th of May. We are one round away from the mid-season bias starting and AFL Fantasy is really starting to heat up at the top end and we're excited to bring you this episode.
Guest Spotlight: John Harmy
00:00:35
Holmesy
As always, I'm joined by John Harmy, two-time top 10 finisher and runner-up in 2019 off the back of a thumping week, you must be up and about, Harmy, considering it's, what, past nine o'clock over there and you're you're willing to jump on. You must have had a good week.
00:00:50
Jon Harmey
Hello, host Tamesy. Yes, yep, yep, very up and about with the team this week and obviously more so than Lou because he couldn't handle being toppled as the number one coach on the pod for the week. So he's
Current Standings and Strategies
00:01:05
Jon Harmey
bowed out.
00:01:05
Jon Harmey
m Yeah, but no, yeah, everything went pretty well. So happy enough with the weekends around the footy, other than a bomber's bloody loss.
00:01:13
Holmesy
Yep. so Still premiership favourites or what, Harmy? Far out. We'll get into that. But he must have ah must have had a ah rise in ranks this week because we do have Sam joining us and I'm glad it would have been just me and Harmy here. If he bowed out, it would have been a Stevie Fiss solo pod, which we're not thrilled about. But Sam, thanks for thanks for jumping on.
00:01:34
Sam
Thanks, Holmesy. Yeah, g'day, boys. Very, very happy to be back on the pod after missing last week. That was a shame. um But I noticed Louis, obviously, he's getting hot for the car and he's not willing to share any more trade secrets on the pod.
00:01:49
Sam
I can only assume that's why he's not available this week.
00:01:54
Holmesy
ah Sam, you're new here, but unfortunately this time of year, Louis does like to go AWOL. So I'm not sure if we'll see him back, but hopefully hopefully he'll be back next week. But you are right, Louis is just quietly flying and and charging towards that top 100, which is really good to see.
Team Performance Highlights
00:02:10
Holmesy
I will kick us off this week as I believe I was the lowest score on the pod, pretty stand, but I had 21-87 off the back of ah a JHF 11, which I know a lot of coaches copped, but did see a slight increase in rank into the top 1K for the first time this year at 976. So fingers crossed I'm primed for a big charge through the buy rounds to to charge up the rankings.
00:02:36
Holmesy
Sam, I believe you were next.
00:02:39
Sam
Yeah, decent round, 2-2-3-1. um That brings my rank into 247. I've kind of been bouncing around this 100 to 300 range a little bit over the last few weeks. The team value is kind of plateauing and stalling, so ah few concerns, but definitely no complaints this week.
00:03:01
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose Lockie Ash can only get you so far, mate, and you're going to have to actually pick one good other player um to start launching into that top
Controversial Team Decisions
00:03:10
Holmesy
100.
00:03:11
Sam
Thank you.
00:03:11
Holmesy
We'll get to that though. Harmi, how'd you go this week off the back of a Colby McEacher thumper?
00:03:17
Jon Harmey
Yeah, no, my score was 2258, which wasn't too bad. that Well, actually brought me in 5,000 ranking positions, if you can believe that. So I'm sitting in 8,077.
00:03:30
Jon Harmey
Very similar team value to Sam, only around 8,000 positions lower than him in the ranking.
00:03:39
Holmesy
Now, I'll put Sam on blast a little bit here. um He came into my DMs the other week and...
00:03:44
Sam
Well, actually, no, good, because I'm going to put you on blast straight afterwards.
00:03:45
Holmesy
Oh.
00:03:47
Sam
So, no, please go ahead, Holmesy.
00:03:51
Holmesy
he can't Yeah, fair enough. He comes into my DMs and he goes, Harmi, he goes, what the fuck is Colby McEacher doing in Harmi's team? can you Can you explain that one, Harmi?
00:04:03
Jon Harmey
There was... ah ah my trades this year. Anyway, there was a week where I was so sick of looking at Sam DeConi in my team and I had used my other trade for something and I was just like, I just need to get this guy out.
00:04:18
Jon Harmey
And i was tossing up a few players. um Sadly, I looked at this on the weekend and I was tossing up between Jasper Fletcher and Colby McEacher.
00:04:21
Sam
Uh...
00:04:27
Jon Harmey
Went to McEacher, had a look on the weekend.
00:04:28
Sam
ah
00:04:29
Jon Harmey
If I'd gone... um But yeah, Fletcher, I would have been like he went up $100,000 and McCurty went down $100,000 and I would have been like 150 points better on field too. But anyway, that's the past. I'm now moving on up and Colby's just come good for me at the right time.
00:04:52
Holmesy
Beautiful. Go on, Sam. What have you got for me?
00:04:55
Sam
Well, after just fielding a lot of flack on the podcast over
Player Performances and Group Dynamics
00:05:00
Sam
the last few weeks for sliding in the DMs during games, my word, Harmy, did we not hear the biggest song and dance from Kyle with every point that Tristan Sherry scored in that first half?
00:05:13
Sam
And then on I don't know if you noticed, but we didn't hear a single peep from him as Rowan Marshall proceeded to go 150 himself. it was It was a tale of two of two games over the weekend with Kyle, and I could bet he was just like not willing to say a thing just in case he put a moz on Rowan Marshall.
00:05:34
Jon Harmey
Yeah, he must be spewing about Rowan Marshall coming in, hope so.
00:05:35
Holmesy
That's true.
00:05:37
Sam
Yeah, that was a terrible trade, Holmesy.
00:05:38
Holmesy
That's true.
00:05:39
Sam
What were you thinking? and
00:05:41
Holmesy
we We all know that the group chat has magical powers and absolutely I was doing everything I can not to Moz, Roar Marshall, but at the same time, Sammy Boyer was actually working Sunday afternoon at the pub.
00:05:53
Holmesy
So that's why I wasn't in the in the group chat.
00:05:54
Sam
Ah, convenient.
00:05:54
Holmesy
But yeah. You are right. it's It's a sickening feeling opening up and checking the scores and seeing Tristan Cherry just going up and up and up and up knowing you don't own him.
00:06:04
Jon Harmey
But for me,
00:06:05
Holmesy
So I was very thankful for Rowan Marshall. Why don't we get into our Stato pick for the week. Sam, you can start us off.
00:06:14
Sam
Yeah, and I'll start off with my boy. I've been on this guy for so many seasons and he's repaying the faith this week with Adam Cherow 121. Looked unbelievable, attracted a lot of favourable media commentary. So I hope he's kind of more locked into that midfield and guys like Walsh and Hewitt maybe start ah dropping a few points. But, yep, Adam Chera for me this week.
00:06:42
Holmesy
Sam, I don't know how closely you were watching that game, um but I think it was about midway through the third quarter, he'd stalled and he was on 50-odd points and he he came to the bench.
00:06:55
Holmesy
And I thought, yeah, we're we're in a bit of trouble here with Chera. And then he's come back on and no joke, I'm pretty sure he put on about 34 points within the space of five minutes. Went on an absolute tear and just didn't stop from there. So yeah, Adam Chera, very good pick. And he's always almost someone now that you we we penciled in to trade at his buy. But I don't think we're going to do that now, are we, Sam?
00:07:17
Sam
Absolutely not. You can hold him for the rest of the year, mate. He'll be top eight. He'll just hit this little patch of form here and lock him in for 110 plus for the next six weeks.
00:07:27
Holmesy
Heard it here first. Harmi, what's your Stato pick of the week?
00:07:32
Jon Harmey
Oh, look, I should probably go um Sherry as captain, but look, I'll leave him for you, Kyle. I'll i'll ah throw it to Jack Sinclair with 139 on Uh,
00:07:45
Jon Harmey
I needed it back. I traded out Jaden Short last week and Sinclair was my most expensive. He was my number one choice. Then my second one was Holmes, who obviously I didn't go. Would have been a bit of a flop. And then the third one was Bailey Dale, who if I hit that would have been pretty special. But anyway, look, I can't complain. Jack Sinclair, pretty pretty ah good result for me. I'm happy to have him in my defence.
00:08:12
Holmesy
Yep. Very good there, Harmi. I don't, I don't have Tristan Cherry as as Sam pointed out before, but yeah, I'll just, as my, as my dossie pick, I'll go, uh, Roan Marshall, um, which is going to tie, tie into my dossie pick as well. But yeah, Roan Marshall, very thankful for the, the one 58 considering what Cherry did. And,
00:08:30
Holmesy
yeah He's been a a pretty good pick since I went in three weeks ago. He's looking back to relatively full fitness now. and With McRae going down and and still you know looking like he's dropping off as well, I think Marshall's primed to to bounce back and and be a top two ruck for the rest of the year.
00:08:45
Holmesy
Sam, why don't you give us your Dossie Pick of the Week?
00:08:49
Sam
um I didn't um have too many boys go too badly for me this week, so I'm going to give it to Jordan Dawson for going 138 and giving me a stress-free weekend, but costing me 17 points because Cherry just proceeded to go 155 instead.
Impact of Injuries on Strategy
00:09:10
Holmesy
Yeah, yeah, fair call. Dawson, not quite good enough there. Harmy, your dossie pick of the week.
00:09:18
Jon Harmey
Oh, look, let's give it to JHF. I mean... Hardly trained last week. Come out. Has done his hamstring. He's somebody that wasn't sold on for the start of season. Hasn't really been ah an amazing pick.
00:09:34
Jon Harmey
After being talked into it by Louis, he said he'll be the number one scorer. Everybody who doesn't get JHF will regret it. And look, here I am regretting it. But yeah, that 11 points didn't help me too much on the weekend.
00:09:50
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose we're just thankful that he's is pretty highly owned, but yeah, we're going to get to it now. But those owners that don't have JHF and and now are able to get a further leg up, not only from the points made this week, but now um being able to trade out of McRae and not having to worry about JHF.
00:10:06
Holmesy
Yeah, very good for them. My Dossie pick of the week, and there's There's a bit of a story here. So mine's actually going to Harry Boyd. um Me and Louis had an all-time meltdown on Sunday, Arvo.
00:10:18
Jon Harmey
Thank you.
00:10:19
Holmesy
So Louis had the vice-captaincy on Cherry, um which obviously was going very, very well. But on Sunday, the rumours started coming through that Boyd was going to be a late in for...
00:10:31
Holmesy
for one of the boys, I think it was Caminiti and we were deep in the weeds here. Someone had an image of um Camo being on Discord late before the game showing that he probably still had his phone. So maybe he's a laid out. We had photos coming through of Boyd um in the warmup on the field.
00:10:48
Holmesy
um And Boyd was the only way for um Louis to loop Cherry. And Boyd, if Boyd was coming in, Marshall was going to be my captain, meaning that if Boyd was coming in, he was going to rock and,
00:11:00
Holmesy
Look, we we butchered it and we both went Max Gorn. So because of Harry Boyd, I missed out on 40 points. But at the same time, Max Gorn, 118 as captain or 117, still not upset.
00:11:11
Holmesy
um I was a little bit worried at late in that game, Max was on 90 odd points and ah went into Louie's DMs and I said, if, well, I basically just sacrificed my firstborn child to the fantasy gods if Max would get above 105.
00:11:27
Holmesy
And from that point, he took four intercept marks in the last five minutes and got up to 117. So I've lost my son, but I'm still in the in the hunt for a hat. So all all in all, it's it's fine in the end.
00:11:40
Sam
Can I just say...
00:11:40
Holmesy
Well, he's
00:11:42
Sam
Discord photos of Anthony Caminiti might be a new level of fantasy neckbeard coach story.
00:11:46
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I kept it
00:11:48
Sam
That is just outrageous. It's actually, I'm going to put you boys down as the dossie pick of the week because you just should have had your VC on earlier and Captain Cherry. He was the most obvious captain in about, since round one, I reckon.
00:11:57
Jon Harmey
in, yeah. i captain
00:12:02
Holmesy
Sam, I could not do that. I didn't have Tristan Cherry. Leave me out of it. i had i had four I had forward Sheezle as my vice captain.
00:12:09
Sam
and Sorry, mate. Sorry.
00:12:13
Holmesy
Didn't I feel sick seeing him lining up on that on the half-forward flank? But anyway, that's that that was our meltdown.
00:12:17
Sam
Uh.
00:12:18
Holmesy
And yeah, it's good content at the end of the day. All right, let's get straight into our hot topics for the week. And Look, injuries, Sam, ah they're a part of fantasy. And and when it rains, it pours. And unfortunately, we've got some very popular players now that are that are injured. So, JHF reported that he's out for four weeks. So, even though he's got his bye, he's going to miss two or three games.
00:12:42
Holmesy
Jack McRae, it's reported now that that's going to be two to three weeks. So, if he misses two and then has his bye, you're going to miss the two games there. Finn Callaghan, unlucky for those owners because he's actually been a pretty good pick.
00:12:54
Holmesy
um He's out for four to six weeks with that shoulder. And you've gotten Jaden Short down here, one to two. Has that been confirmed, Sam?
00:13:01
Sam
Yeah, that came out on the injury list this afternoon.
00:13:02
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:13:04
Sam
It's a yeah calf.
00:13:07
Holmesy
Yeah, right. So some very popular players. I know a lot of coaches would have traded out of short last week. But if you're stuck with him now, unfortunately, you're going have to move. So I suppose, Sam, I'll throw to you.
Trade Decisions and Team Management
00:13:20
Holmesy
How do we sort of rank and determine if we've got two or maybe even three of these players? Where's our priority in terms of trading them out? First off, are all four of them trades?
00:13:32
Sam
Oh, I think so. I mean, I feel sorry if you're blessed with three of these or, you know, I'm sure there's a small percentage of coaches that might even have all four of these. Um, ah I was thinking about it today. The only one I'd be maybe comfortable in holding is, McCray if I was absolutely forced to just cause he's got the friendly buy anyway.
00:13:55
Sam
um But it's tough. like Jaden Short is probably not top six. He's got to go. Finn Callaghan, obviously, he has to go. He'd be my first priority. JHF wasn't lighting it up anyway. Four weeks is a long time.
00:14:10
Sam
Yeah, I think they all have to go, unfortunately. And if you've got all you know three of them or all four of them, you just have to prioritize as best you can. Maybe take a gamble on McRae, but punctured lung.
00:14:21
Sam
Can't see him coming back before the bye.
00:14:24
Holmesy
Harmi, does it come down to the price of the players involved? So ideally, they're all they're all forced trades and and you'd love to get rid of them all. But I mean, let's throw in a situation. I know multiple coaches have Finn Callaghan, McRae and JHF.
00:14:41
Holmesy
Ideally, you'd go JHF and Callahan out, but does the fact that McRae has on his head and Finn Callahan has 950, meaning that you're more than likely going to be able to get two players that you want rather than potentially having to to settle for someone that you don't necessarily want because JHF is a lot cheaper, does that come into calculation or do you think you just you just get rid of the two worst, which would in this case would probably be JHF and Callahan? What do you think?
00:15:10
Jon Harmey
Because they're all multiple weeks, Holmes. I think that there'll all be trades. It's just a matter of when you can get them out. I think the price the price and who you can get to is definitely a part of it, whether you need that money to get the player that you want.
00:15:25
Jon Harmey
The other one is the bench cover that you have got available. So two of the guys that you've mentioned there are forwards. So it depends who you have on your forward line whether...
00:15:38
Jon Harmey
you know whether you think there are going to be any decent coverage and also when they play. So whether you can actually have a look with a loop of of a red dot there to start the
Ruck Strategy and Player Evaluation
00:15:50
Jon Harmey
round and then trade it from there.
00:15:53
Holmesy
Yeah, so actually having a look at that, it's it's actually quite awkward. Now, I know um some teams still might have ah a Davidson floating around, which they play really early on in the round. So that's a good opportunity to have a look. But some of our more popular options, so Caden Cleary, a lot of coaches have. Sydney don't play until um the second last game on Sunday. So that's no good for a loop.
00:16:15
Holmesy
And even Cooper Simpson plays the Saturday night. So if you're looking to trade in players before that, you're not exactly going to get a look at ah ah loop a loop and a decent score and you're kind of punting on that. So ah suppose what I'd like to do is just we, all three of us, have JHF and McRae and I'd like to just give a little insight in you our initial thoughts on what we're looking to do with these two players and and maybe we'll talk about the cash that we have in the bank to start with because obviously having more cash is going to determine the options that we have available. So Sam, what are you thinking currently about JHF and McRae?
00:16:51
Sam
i um I actually don't have a great deal of cash in the bank. So, i mean, I'm looking at a host of options, but I'm thinking about banking a little cash this week. So I'm looking at maybe one premium and then maybe Kitty Coleman myself. These are just some early trade thoughts because I want to bank a little bit of cash into the first buy round next week so I can maybe fix up some red dots. Say, because I've missed out on Cooper Simpson, I probably should have got him last week um instead of another trade I did. But he's one, depending on how he looks, I might even try and pick him up first round of the buys um and have him provide some support through then. So, yeah, look, I'm looking to take a bit of cash into this week and that means I am looking for value in my trades between McRae and JHF.
00:17:39
Holmesy
Yep, and i'll I'll talk a little bit about my thoughts as well soon, Harmi, but are you similar or do you have a bit more cash in the bank and you're maybe looking to get two premiums instead?
00:17:50
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I'm looking at um a whole range of stuff, but um i'm thinking I'm thinking at the moment that I'm probably going to trade both McRae and Horn Francis and just take the two best players I can get available. I've got stuff or money, but um I'll just give you with some examples.
00:18:10
Jon Harmey
The things that I've been looking at doesn't necessarily need to be this, but it could be. So I've got one of those guys in my
Future Trade Targets and Strategy
00:18:20
Jon Harmey
midfield. So I'm looking at a forward and a midfield premium. So I'm looking at maybe Chad Warner and Caleb Sorong, something like that. But we can talk through other names as we go through the podcast.
00:18:34
Holmesy
Yeah, and and that's where I'm kind of um sort of thinking about as well.
00:18:34
Sam
Yep. yep
00:18:37
Holmesy
So I'm kind of in the middle where I'm i'm looking to see whether or not I can turn ah JHF and McRae into ah premium and sort of the best available army.
00:18:48
Holmesy
So in my case, I've got it i've got about 140K in the bank from last week.
00:18:52
Holmesy
So that would kind of look like maybe a ah McRae to um like a Sinclair type as that top six defender premium. And then it would be sort of the best available in the midfield. So with that cash, it would be, you know, a Noel Anderson, Jack Steele, Isaac Heaney, Caleb Sorong type, which I'm not in love with because, you know, i could just be paying a fair price for those players and I haven't really upgraded.
00:18:52
Jon Harmey
Hmm. Hmm.
00:19:18
Holmesy
Or it's kind of in Sam's mold where I've got the DPP as well, where I go maybe up to a merit and and really bank a top five to eight midfielder and then go a Kitty Coleman and carry cash into the bank knowing that we still need to generate cash. and And Kitty's a pretty good cashmaker for us this week, Harmi. But you know carrying 380K over next week, it's a lot of money. And if we get injuries, I might get a bit stuck. But what do you think there
00:19:46
Jon Harmey
it's It is a lot of money. I don't really love it. One that I had been looking at, Holmes, is Zach Merritt and Dylan Moore.
00:19:57
Jon Harmey
But Moore hasn't really been lighting it up, has he? But um yeah, so though those was one option that I was looking at. So same sort of concept that you're talking about, a cheaper and a primo keeper.
00:20:09
Jon Harmey
But yeah, Dylan Moore was the one that I looked at as a forward.
00:20:14
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose the issue is that you know you really want to be getting two players that you're comfortable with. And unless you've got probably 200K banked, you're really going to have to take a risk on one player.
00:20:25
Holmesy
Like you know going to a Dylan Moore or or one of these underpriced mids, it might not pay off and then you've just wasted a trade and you're not making money. So that's why I do like the idea of a Kitty Coleman, which we're going segue into. But um I suppose that doesn't come without risk either in terms of you know it was It was more than likely that he was going to be a sub-candidate this week until Big O was out.
00:20:46
Holmesy
yeah I think they moved sort of Fletcher up to a wing to to accommodate him. So is there a red or a green vest on the cards at some point, which would kill his cash?
00:20:54
Jon Harmey
yeah
00:20:55
Holmesy
I'm not too sure, Sam. But did you like what you saw this week from Kitty Coleman? What was the stats? A 73 off 68% time on ground. you'd You'd think that only increases as he gets fitter.
00:21:06
Sam
Yeah, you would think you would think so. um Unfortunately, i didn't get to watch the Brisbane game, so I'm kind of basing this off stats alone. and I wouldn't mind going back and watching a little bit and and see how he went. But one thing that does bring me some confidence is um it's not like he came straight in. He had two really solid games in the VFL, put up big scores, big time on ground in those two VFL games. So i do i have some reasonable confidence in launching into him this week.
00:21:37
Holmesy
I suppose the...
00:21:37
Jon Harmey
Hold on.
00:21:37
Jon Harmey
Is that right? I thought about one of those games he only played a half. don't know if it's... Anyway, take your word for it.
00:21:43
Holmesy
ah
00:21:43
Sam
He had, no, no, no, he, no, you could be right. He had definitely one big game in the VFL.
00:21:48
Jon Harmey
Hmm.
00:21:49
Sam
That was not last week, but the week before. And then i think I thought he had a pretty good second game, but maybe he only played a half and got managed in the second half. That might be the case.
00:21:58
Jon Harmey
Yeah. Yep.
00:22:01
Holmesy
I suppose Coleman, like there's no doubt he's unders on that 50, 55 price tag or whatever it is. He kind of gives me, and he's so better so much better, but Kane Farrell vibes where he's not he's not thirsty for the ball. Like he's a very good user, but he's more than happy to...
00:22:18
Holmesy
to not have the ball at times and sort of set up. And when you've got Zorko as that filthy operator in defense and with the emergence of Jasper Fletcher and Wilmot, maybe he's not going to be that sort of eighty five ninety guy that we we thought he could be in the the preseason and last year. But yeah, even if he goes sort of 75-80, he's value at his price and and we're desperate for cash gen at this point in time. So doesn't come without its risks. But yeah, it's definitely someone I'm looking to launch into this week. Harmi, I'll throw you another one.
00:22:47
Holmesy
Mateus Philippou, so someone, again, we were penciling him in the preseason. He had a distress fracture, so he's not fit. He's building. Had some CBAs on the weekend, but was out of the midfield in that second half, only scoring 50.
00:23:00
Holmesy
Is he someone that you're putting a line through now and until we see ah a spike game and and see that that fitness is back in a midfield role?
00:23:08
Jon Harmey
Yeah, look, I wasn't super keen on him because of the length of time that he had out of the game. um And also during that period, he would have been off his feet. Like at least
Listener Q&A and Closing Thoughts
00:23:20
Jon Harmey
Kitty Coleman has been working his way back from his knee, Rico, and been doing all the running and all the fitness, whereas that wouldn't have been the same for Filippo. So, yeah, I ah guess I wasn't surprised to see him run out of puff and not get a run through that midfield in the second half.
00:23:37
Jon Harmey
ah with the Saints so yeah Filippo I think you're probably still a watch and and he's not as cheap as Coleman either like Filippo came in at about 660,000 so he would have been a good buy if he'd hit the ground running really fit playing in the midfield but that hasn't been the case for his season so far
00:23:59
Holmesy
Yeah, I think he's going to turn it around and and he could potentially be a ah value play throughout the buys and end up sort of your F7 as that sort of seventh premium per se that you might be able to loop on eventually. But I think for now, you just need to leave it until we see some more signs that the fitness is there.
00:24:18
Holmesy
Sam, the last sort of hot topic I want to touch on before we get into the players of interest this week is just a little bit about the the rucks. So what I really want to discuss is sort of the strategy that we're looking to play with the rucks throughout the buys, knowing that it's it's pretty clear now that Cherry, I think, is going to be the number one ruck and Marshall's very close to being back to full fitness as well.
00:24:42
Holmesy
For owners of Gorn, where he's now 1.2 million and knowing that he slowed down last year and it's it's Max Gorn, have you had any sort of thoughts about the strategies you want to play throughout the buyers in terms of getting towards those top two rucks? Or for you at the moment, it's just, I'm happy to have Cherry and Max and and you'll deal with it when you really need to deal with it.
00:25:03
Sam
I think so. I'm probably in the latter camp, but, um, I, you know, I have heard other people bring it up on, on Twitter on other podcasts about, um you know, going max to Rowan Marshall, um, and, you know, as a bit of a cash grab to try and then upgrade elsewhere.
00:25:20
Sam
ah uh, look, if you're, ah if you're a good coach with a healthy bench, um, maybe it's something you consider, but I mean, at this stage, I've got far too many other things to fix Um,
00:25:32
Sam
um they've still They're still both going to have one bye, so you'd you'd have to be going. yeah Otherwise, you're doing Max to Marshall after Marshall's bye.
00:25:42
Sam
um It's a few weeks away. Maybe you look at it then. Maybe Marshall's exploded and he's caught up to Max. I don't know. It's not something I'm thinking about right now.
00:25:51
Holmesy
Yeah, look, it's it was just something I was thinking about just because of how expensive Max is now. We know he's not going to maintain that 1.2 price tag. Even if he goes at 110 for the next sort of five weeks, he's going to drop 100, maybe a little bit more. And there's just ways to make money. But you'd be a brave man to trade out of Max and and the form he's in at the moment. it It's just something I wanted to put on the radar for how we finished last year. And I think there was more going on at Melbourne last year and he's in far better form.
00:26:19
Holmesy
um But yeah, I think max and and marshall ah sorry Marshall and Cherry are the rucks that we eventually want to finish up with um prime to finish off the the rest of the year. All right, so what we're going to do is we're going to go through a bit of a round table here and and talk about just some players that we're sort of interested in. We we touched on it a little bit earlier, but some specific targets um for coaches that are looking to trade out McCray, JHF, or even a Callaghan. And if you've got DPP, you'll be able to swing these players around. So I'll start with you, Harmi.
00:26:52
Holmesy
Tom Green priced at 1.03 mil, so that's about a price tag. Had the two good scores but dropped to 78 on the weekend. Has a reasonably good run coming up.
00:27:05
Holmesy
Plays Richmond um and the Suns before his bye with a couple of tough ones in there. Tom Green. Do you like Tom Green and his price?
00:27:15
Jon Harmey
He's just so handball happy, isn't he, Tom Green? Look, I don't think GWS are going as well as they could be, probably. And I think that with no Josh Kelly, with no Callaghan, he opens up as the prime tag target if they're going to have any tag at GWS.
00:27:40
Jon Harmey
Because of that, because of his price being 1.03 mil, I think that I'm okay with fading him for the time being.
00:27:51
Holmesy
Sam, do you have any different thoughts on Tom Green?
00:27:54
Sam
uh nah i don't really um it's you know sometimes um players will will see a score bump if they lose someone playing a similar position. But I think in this case, you know, Tom Green's lost so many personnel around him.
00:28:07
Sam
so I mean, Stephen Cornelio, throw him into the mix as well. Sometimes when ah when a midfield gets decimated, it actually has the reverse effect. And yeah, sure, Tom Green's the only guy in there, but who's who's playing with him?
00:28:17
Sam
Toby Bedford at this stage, um and he's playing a tagging role. Yeah, at 1.03, I think there are better options.
00:28:27
Holmesy
Yep, fair enough. Still someone I'm looking at, but maybe next week. um Hope he drops a little bit more before that Richmond matchup. Sam, I'll stick with you. You don't have this guy, I believe. Harmi, I'm not sure if you do, but Nick Dacos has really come back to earth now.
00:28:43
Holmesy
um Some tag games in there, but 92, 67, 88 in his last three. Round 14 bye has Hawthorne in there, potential tag, Melbourne potential tag before his bye.
00:28:55
Holmesy
We're clearly not trading and trading him out, but for for coaches that were brave enough to go against him, when's the point to get Nick Dacos in, Sam? When are you looking after the bye soon? What are thoughts?
00:29:06
Sam
Yeah, something I'm thinking about, but I am probably leaning towards after his bye now. um Yeah, I mean, I've breathed a huge sigh of relief over his last three weeks, um being a non-owner myself.
00:29:16
Jon Harmey
Thank you.
00:29:18
Sam
You know, North Melbourne aren't necessarily the walk-up, easy mid-match-up that people think they are, but I can see him scoring large this week. But then, as you say, Hawks, I mean, good chance they roll out the old Finn McGuinness tag and Melbourne...
00:29:34
Sam
Clayton Oliver maybe, Tom Sparrow, who knows. um He's definitely one that I'm now prepared to sit on and and wait for for his bar to come around and and then pick him up where he goes St. Kilda West Coast.
00:29:46
Holmesy
Yeah, fair enough. And I think Collingwood at the moment with how they're playing is is not necessarily conducive to scoring either. We saw it against Freo where Freo just dominated possession and and Collingwood just defended and then scored with ease.
00:29:59
Holmesy
um Yeah, he's he's been a tough own, but we know he's going to turn it around. And for those non-owners, it's just going to be about when you get on him. Harmi, I'll throw to you for your two bomber boys. So Nick Martin, Zach Merritt as two prime targets this week with Martin having the forward defender DPP and Merritt being a perennial top five midfielder.
00:30:19
Holmesy
What do you think about those two options?
00:30:22
Jon Harmey
Yeah, look, I guess a lot of people are attracted to Martin on the back of his forward defence DPP. He's put up some good ceiling scores, but mixed in with a few lower scores.
00:30:37
Jon Harmey
I guess when I look at the two and they are the same price, I just much prefer Zach Merritt as a premium. Has been the guy that's been over 110 average for a season on...
00:30:49
Jon Harmey
on so many occasions. And I just think the Bombers have got a good run coming up, but if going to back somebody in, you know, it's got to be Zach Merritt. That's my personal opinion, but I know others will um differ from that.
00:31:05
Holmesy
Harmi, I just want to ask you a little bit about Zach Merritt's role because just looking at the CBAs, 81% on the weekend, it seems like he's playing a little bit more forward though and the heat map would suggest that. So watching him a little bit more closely as ah as a Bombers man, is he taking the CBA and then pushing forward to get a little bit more damaging or are we reading into this a bit too much?
00:31:27
Jon Harmey
I think you're probably reading into it a bit, Marge. ah you You know, on the weekend, nothing, oh quarter time, what was it? We had four points, 60 to four or something ridiculous. Like the Bombers were never going to be in it. I don't think that the weekend is a good representation of what our game style is.
00:31:45
Jon Harmey
He's our best player. He's our best midfielder. And that's where he will be.
00:31:50
Holmesy
Fair enough there, Sam. Let's go through some cheaper guys now. So Jack Steele ah priced at 965. So I don't have to have it off the top of my head, but that's probably a 96 to 98 price tag.
00:32:03
Holmesy
Three tons in a row, but did find himself out of the midfield in that last quarter against the Eagles when the Saints were getting smashed. Jack Steele, do you think he's unders or do you think he's starting to fall off a cliff a bit here?
00:32:16
Sam
Yeah, that's that's interesting. I actually didn't know that he kind of um wasn't in the midfield rotation at the end of that game because I was um yeah was actually quietly impressed with the last three weeks he's put together. he's His time on ground's back up. um Tackle numbers are decent. Everything that we love about Jack Steele. but And he's got Suns and Melbourne in his next two, which I do fancy as a midfield matchup.
00:32:38
Sam
um So, yeah, and i I personally can't explain the the midfield absence at the end of the last week's game. um I do like it at 965. I almost reckon, and you know, if you were looking for a yeah ah bit of a value option, especially with the round 13 buy, definitely one that I'm looking at this week.
00:32:57
Holmesy
Yeah, and and with McRae being out for the next two to three, clearly he's going to have more of that midfield responsibility. Maybe he gets a few more touches. I i think he's a good value play.
00:33:08
Holmesy
I just worry if you're trading into him now, you're essentially locking him in until after the buys. um It'd be a bit of a disaster if he finds himself out of that midfield rotation. But you think being, is he still the captain? I think he is.
00:33:20
Jon Harmey
Yes.
00:33:20
Holmesy
um he's ah He's a proud man. I think he'll bounce back. So yeah, I like i like Jack Steele, especially with his run coming up. What about, yeah, Harmi?
00:33:29
Jon Harmey
Just in that last quarter, having a look at it, he only had two disposals, six tackles. That's how he got the damn score. Six tackles in the last quarter. That's huge, isn't it?
00:33:41
Holmesy
Yeah, and those those tackles came really late as well. So I just sort of watched that last five minutes as it started getting interesting towards the end. And um yeah, he got moved back in late and I think he had probably three or four tackles in the last sort of five minutes of game time. So he absolutely saved it.
00:33:57
Holmesy
from a pretty dirty day. Harmy, Noel Anderson, any interest?
00:34:02
Jon Harmey
I said a couple of weeks ago I don't really like the idea of Anderson, but ah to ah to be completely honest, he's somebody that I have been looking at this week. um Yeah, I mean, he's somebody that's, you know, $118,000 down on his starting price.
00:34:18
Jon Harmey
um Round 14 buy. um Hasn't had a good couple of weeks, so his price has dropped a little bit. I think that he's certainly somebody with upside anyway, put it that way.
00:34:31
Holmesy
Yeah, I don't ah don't mind it. He is the tag target and a bit in the the Tom Green mould where he accumulates but doesn't get a lot of marks and tackles so needs a pretty high disposal game to to go big.
00:34:42
Holmesy
um So he's really someone you'd want to get on for a run. But we do know in the past that he's had a few 130s, 140s playing up it up at home at the Gold Coast. So yeah, definitely someone I'm looking at.
00:34:54
Holmesy
I'm not sure if I'll go there. Harmi, I'll stick with you just because you're you're looking at him as a trade option, but I'll throw you both of them, the two Sydney boys, Warner and Heaney. Talk us through your thought process there.
00:35:05
Jon Harmey
Look, I just like both of them, to be honest with you. And certainly Warner in the forward line, which is where I would have him. Around 14 by, I don't have...
00:35:19
Jon Harmey
Well, let's a look. I don't have... Oh, well, I've got one. Caden Cleary is my forward with a round 14 buy. So, yeah, I like them both. Looking at Warner, I mean, he's down on his starting price. He's really hit form recently.
00:35:36
Jon Harmey
um He just had a huge game on the weekend, $191,000 down on his starting price. He is. I mean, like Sirong and Heaney, we both talked about being around about the mark of top 10 midfielders for the season. and Now, they haven't been to date, but is there the chance that they can come back?
00:35:56
Jon Harmey
My only thing with Heaney, less so Warner, but Heaney is what the midfield mix of the Swans is moving forward.
00:36:04
Holmesy
Thank
00:36:05
Jon Harmey
I think he's probably still in it, and I think he's a good trading option this week.
00:36:11
Sam
i Yeah, I've got some thoughts on um both of these guys and Sorong. Sorong, I'm definitely off in a big way. He had ah no tag and he had 36 disposals for his 108.
00:36:22
Sam
He's not marking.
00:36:23
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:36:24
Sam
um He's not really tackling. He's very handball happy. i wouldn't be encouraged. I know it's 884 for a guy that was priced at, what, 105, 110 maybe at some points last year or the year before.
00:36:37
Sam
um but he's not someone that's turning my head at all. Isaac Heaney I can definitely get interested in. he does mark. He does tackle. He spent a little bit less time in the forward line of late.
00:36:48
Sam
He's shown that he can have 40, 50-point quarters. um ah He's someone that's very interesting to me Chad Warner, rounds one to five, averaged about 50% CBAs.
00:37:02
Sam
In his last five, he's averaged
00:37:06
Sam
call it 70% plus CBAs. So he was getting messed around a lot in those first five rounds as well. I don't know if it was because of the the deal on the table or whatever. Read into it what you will. But he as well as missing out on CBAs, he was spending a lot of time forward.
00:37:24
Sam
As Harmi points out, I haven't got a premium forward in round 14, so I'm also pretty keen on him. He's almost in my kind of top three trade targets this week.
00:37:33
Holmesy
Boys, I'll throw it back. Does the impending return of Callum Mills change anything for you, knowing that the midfield make-up could potentially change? like You'd assume that he's going to be on managed minutes to start and he's not necessarily going to come back into the midfield, but that would be a bit of a concern, wouldn't it, Harmi?
00:37:51
Jon Harmey
Not for those guys. Not like not for those two players and what they do on the field. Warner and Heaney, they're very different to what Mills brings. Mills is that sweeper, that defensive midfielder.
00:38:04
Jon Harmey
And if anything, it probably just means more for Robottom, somebody like that that's got to split time with the Mills. But ah not for me, mate. I think they both still should have a key role through the midfield.
00:38:20
Sam
Yeah, agree 100% with Harmi.
00:38:21
Holmesy
Yep. yep
00:38:22
Sam
but One thing I do want to, I just was very hot on Warner, but one thing I do want to do is manage people's expectations because I think 95 average is what we're going to see from him from here on out because he does have games where he'll just get 20 touches and kick two goals and be a massive influence, but it'll only translate to her you know a 90 score. So i think as ah as a forward option, he present presents us with enough value, maybe five, possibly 10 points upside, but um I think Heaney has the capability to go 10 15 points upside from here. And, you know, maybe that's ah me getting too too excited. But um if Sydney's form turns around, we know what he was capable of last year.
00:39:06
Holmesy
The one thing I will say on Heaney before we move on to another player. So in Melbourne this week, probably a Clayton Oliver tag. Then plays Adelaide.
00:39:13
Jon Harmey
Good luck.
00:39:15
Holmesy
Yeah, good luck to Clary. Richmond's a fantastic matchup. We'll smash that. But then he has Port Adelaide, probably a Bergman or or someone else, maybe a Drew, and then Western Bulldogs. So not the best run.
00:39:27
Holmesy
um But yeah, no doubt he's unders. even the Even some of his lower scores earlier this year, he got off to an absolute flyer and then sort of teed it off and and got tagged a bit. And that is the worry for an Isaac Heaney. He's just had 38 touches and kicked two goals five. You don't think Melbourne are going to be doing absolutely everything to shut him out of the game this week.
00:39:46
Holmesy
He's one of the players, like Warner as well, when they get off the chain, they attract attention. Sam, you've put this one on the run sheet. I don't mind it, but it does't definitely comes with risk. Mark Blitzarves playing full-time ruck at the moment.
00:40:00
Sam
Haha.
00:40:00
Holmesy
if we can hold If he can hold Stanley at bay, um then he's going to be a good pick. That'll be the issue. But what? Western Bulldogs, Tim English, West Coast, no easier matchup. Suns, quite tough. But then Essendon, Brisbane has a pretty good run to his bye.
00:40:16
Holmesy
Perfect round 16 bye. You're doing it, aren't you?
00:40:21
Sam
I'm not, um but someone asked me to put Blitzarves in the run sheet this week. And um ah ah look, I won't be going there knowing that Stanley could come back anytime. They could flick De Koning in there.
00:40:32
Sam
Look, if you're a if you want to take on some risk and maybe earn some reward, then have a look at him. But it's not someone that I can fully get behind and support, especially now with Dangerfield with a small hammy. Bose is out. Blitzarves is...
00:40:46
Sam
is the utility guy um in that Geelong team. He could end up anywhere. um So, yeah, not for me with ah with Chris Scott.
00:40:55
Holmesy
Beautiful. and And last one, Sam, before we get into some questions, I'll i'll throw it to you just because you're a freer man. Shai Bolton. So very clear role change since Hayden Young went down. I think he's averaging close to 60% CBAs.
00:41:10
Holmesy
He's getting high disposals plus kicking goals when he goes forward. You gave me shit earlier on in the year when I ranked him so highly and and fair enough because he doesn't have the role. But but now that he now that he does have the role, is he an option?
00:41:23
Sam
Yeah, yeah, we did talk about him a little bit in the preseason, Holmesy, and um it was at that time that I did a bit of deep dive into his stats from last year. And there was it was one of those guys where there was not necessarily a direct correlation between CBAs and score output.
00:41:39
Sam
But we all know that he had his kind of issues towards the end of last year with Richmond. In the year before, so 2023, when he was going CBAs,
00:41:50
Sam
he was averaging ninety five So ah I think he is a pretty good shout, but you only have to look at three weeks ago, he scored 22.
00:42:01
Sam
So this is the risk that you take on with picking a guy like Shea Bolton. There's every chance that he can just go missing for an entire game. And that that makes me nervous, but he definitely has a better role with Hayden Young's injury.
00:42:15
Sam
Harmyn.
00:42:17
Jon Harmey
You know, that's what i was going to say. He's in the midfield now. So do we see that continuing? Holmesy, is this realistically a trading option for us?
00:42:30
Holmesy
it will it will continue as long as his body holds up. And it will continue as long as we don't get some more injuries in that forward line. um Because, yeah, he's desperately needed in that midfield at the moment. He brings that X factor.
00:42:43
Holmesy
um yeah Our Frio midfield's quite thin with no Young, no O'Meara or anything like that. So, yeah, I think the role sticks. But Sam's right. You just have to look three weeks ago. you had that 22.
00:42:56
Holmesy
um it's ah yeah it's ah It's a pretty tough buy. It definitely comes with risk. But I can definitely see someone doing it. And it paying off in hindsight saying, yeah, yeah he was ah he was a pretty good pick because we know he's a good fantasy scorer when he has that role.
00:43:11
Holmesy
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00:43:22
Holmesy
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00:43:41
Holmesy
um That's Q-U. The link is in the show description below. um But yeah, let's get into these questions. Only a few here, boys, so we'll get through nice and quick. Harmy Dino Pigs has asked, Sinclair versus Martin.
00:43:55
Jon Harmey
Look, if it were me, I'd probably just save the money and take Sinclair. I think that there is very little between them and I'm quite confident that Sinclair will have a better second half of the season.
00:44:08
Holmesy
Sam, it's an important question. I know a lot of coaches will be toying that this week. So Sinclair versus Martin, give your thoughts too.
00:44:16
Sam
Kami's right. It is very close. ah I'm probably Sinclair just based on price at the moment and buy, because there's a lot of round 16 players that we're probably interested in.
00:44:27
Sam
However, ah think if Martin helps you unlock a bit of extra DPP play that might help through the buys... ah I'm a holder of both.
00:44:37
Sam
I think Martin could also be a great option for most teams. So I don't think you'll go wrong either way. They both present um or they both have value. I think Sinclair has more inbuilt cash value at that at this moment, though, if that makes sense.
00:44:52
Holmesy
Yep, I think myself, I'm Martin. um just for i think is I think they're going to score relatively the same, so Sinclair's probably a little bit more value.
00:45:03
Holmesy
But the defender forward DPP, like you mentioned, Sam, is so valuable. And I'm just a little bit unsure of what Ross is going to do. They're throwing Sinclair's roll around a little bit. Sometimes he's in the mid.
00:45:14
Holmesy
He's been a little bit forward recently. He's had a few um basement scores where he scored a 60 and a 70. So I'm just... A little bit cagey there. you know if If Ross Lyon came out tomorrow and said that um you know we're sick of throwing him around, he's just going to be their general off halfback and maybe they move Nassai around a bit at 100% launch, I'm just a little bit cagey there and and want to see it another week. But no doubt Sinclair is underpriced.
00:45:39
Holmesy
Sam, this one is from Sam. Thoughts on Toby Green. Giants midfield decimated by injuries. um He's thinking that he gets a bump in CBAs and he's got Richmond in his run before the bye. So Toby Green, could you go old school and and have a crack there?
00:45:54
Sam
I can see Harmi shaking his head. don't know if he's shaking your head at this question, but ah I was actually driving home and thinking about Toby Green because I think he's he's had some more CBA action across the whole year.
00:46:05
Sam
um He's actually been in the midfield mix a bit more than he was last year. Giants midfield is completely empty at this point. um Not ruling it out, but I'm certainly not going into it.
00:46:18
Sam
But he's one that I'm watching carefully. Josh Keighley's back in one to two, though, so i don't know if you get a good if he gets a good solid run at it. um So probably not for me, but he's one I'm watching because I think his price has tanked a little bit um because he had a few 50s on the road lately.
00:46:35
Sam
So, yep, just keep an eye on it, but not for now.
00:46:40
Holmesy
actually I actually don't hate this one. Like Finn Callaghan, Cornelio still four weeks away. He was out of the midfield anyway. Brent Daniels, 3-4, is someone that used to pinch it a little bit last year and they like that X factor.
00:46:53
Holmesy
Josh Kelly, 1-2. So, yeah, their midfield's decimated, Sam. And as Harmi mentioned, GWS aren't going very well. And I think they're going to want those senior bodies in the midfield. And that that starts with Toby Green. ah I think they're pretty powerful up forward now with Hogan, Riccardi and some of the other boys. So yeah, I don't hate it, but absolutely it's definitely not not without risk. And if you do cop a couple of 50s, then you're in a world of hurt. We definitely need some consistent scoring.
00:47:21
Holmesy
Harmi, this one's from Matt Perazala. Matt Rowell is a buy play question mark. Priced in the low 80s and has a nice run over the buy period. So could you skip Noah Anderson and and look at a Matt Rowell?
00:47:35
Jon Harmey
Oh, jeez.
00:47:36
Sam
No.
00:47:37
Jon Harmey
I just don't think we've seen it over an extended period of time. And if you're talking the low 80s, I mean, we have already named a number of players that are priced equivalent of that and better options, in my opinion, Sarong, Heaney, Warner.
00:47:53
Jon Harmey
Another one we didn't mention and is also available as a forward is Peatling. And I prefer all of those guys over Matt Rauh.
00:48:02
Holmesy
Yeah, I think there's enough evidence at the moment to suggest that Matt Rowell is what he is. yeah He's priced in the low 80s. Probably best case, he's a mid-90s guy. he He doesn't have the fantasy game about him and and really has to rack up the peel and tackle to put a ceiling score together. So not not for me.
00:48:19
Holmesy
um I think there's better options in that ah ran in and around that price. oho Okay, Sam, i'll I'll throw to you because you also don't have him. So just quietly, is Cooper Simpson worth bringing in or is he just a two two to three game wonder?
00:48:36
Sam
Mixed thoughts on Cooper Simpson um because you and I spoke about him last week, Holmes. I wasn't very impressed with his first game.
00:48:43
Jon Harmey
Right.
00:48:43
Sam
ah You and Louie thought it was all right. um He played a decent game by all accounts, and I thought he played a decent game against GWS on the weekend. Shifted forward at times, which is interesting.
00:48:55
Sam
um But ah I would have – well, someone – yeah, yeah, I think maybe he just moved further up the ground.
00:48:56
Holmesy
Did he shift forward? I did not see him shift forward.
00:49:02
Sam
Yeah.
00:49:03
Holmesy
Nah, I think what that was, he kicked a goal, but he he took a mark or got a free kick on the wing and then got a 50-meter penalty.
00:49:11
Sam
Yeah, you got a 50. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:49:13
Holmesy
Yeah, I don't think he was forward. He, to me, and I watched him pretty closely, he was in defense. And he was he was offering something that Freo have needed for a while. He takes the game on and he actually has a very good kick.
00:49:27
Holmesy
um There were times in that the previous game where he turned it over, trying to try maybe bite off a little too much. But I think Freo will love that. um And personally, I think off the back of a good win against GWS, I think he's in there for a while now. So um I'm going to put my hand up and say that he's the definite downgrade option this week.
00:49:45
Holmesy
You know, there's always the...
00:49:45
Sam
No, 100%. Sorry, was just going to say I'd be going there if it wasn't for the McRae-JHF double.
00:49:48
Holmesy
Yeah.
00:49:51
Sam
um I should have got him last week and I didn't, and it's and it's it's I think it's going to hurt.
00:49:56
Holmesy
Yeah, and there's there's always the risk that you know he plays this week against Port. Maybe he gets a ah game the week after and then they have the buy-in. We know you know things change over the buy-arounds. um But yeah, if if you're looking for a downgrade option, um he's definitely the pick of the bunch this week.
00:50:12
Sam
The only thing is, Holmes, if he makes quick decisions, runs with the ball and moves the ball early, JL's not going to like him. that's That's not the free-way game plan. He'll be gone before we know it.
00:50:25
Holmesy
No, no. That's the new Frio game plan. That's the new Frio game plan.
00:50:30
Jon Harmey
Do you go for Freya or West Coast home to you?
00:50:33
Holmesy
I'll go for Frio. Yeah. Yeah. Harmy, this one, yeah, unfortunately, I go for Frio just as bad as the Bombers. Harmy, Digby, Grian Myers, is he an option? Has a good buy. He's about 60K unders.
00:50:46
Holmesy
Is he more value than a warner? Potentially now.
00:50:51
Jon Harmey
Well, if you if you had your pick, I expect Warner to average more for the rest of the season than Myers. um that doesn't mean that he's not an okay pick.
00:51:03
Jon Harmey
ah To be honest, i was just surprised last year that he averaged as well as he did. And, you know, I just don't he think he's a fantasy scorer necessarily. So I'd prefer Warner.
00:51:15
Jon Harmey
And, yeah, there's not much price difference. So that's why I would go that way.
00:51:22
Sam
Yeah, i'd take I'd pay more for Warner or pay less for Bolton than go with Grand Myers.
00:51:29
Holmesy
Yeah, it's it's tough. We know how hard it is for those high half forwards to score consistently well. um We're even seeing it with a Dylan Moore now, and and he did it better than most. Brian Myers now has Bailey Smith in that team, who's um taking 30 to 35 touches away each week in that same sort of outside role at times. So yeah, um I wouldn't be going Brian Myers. He's probably going to have some pop games at GMHBA and against some weaker sides, but um he's going to have some floor scores there as well.
00:51:57
Holmesy
Sam, last question. This question is from Sean. Hey, guys, currently trading JHF and McRae. Join the club. Would you save $350K or so to get the double upgrade next week, so i.e.
00:52:10
Holmesy
um get a Coleman and then a player worth $891K or less, thinking Heaney or Sorong, or would you go that option that we were talking about in terms of getting two premium-ish type players?
00:52:22
Sam
Yep, we talked about it a little bit at the top. um So I'm leaning towards bringing in two players that leave me with about 100 to maximum 200K for next week, but that's because I want to do some fixing up with my bench.
00:52:36
Sam
I think, Holmesy, you mentioned you're looking at an option that might leave you with 300K in the bank. I personally feel that's too much money to carry over. ah think Sean here is asking about three hundred and fifty k I'd be trying to bring in two players um maybe present ah as a top six or a top eight, and then maybe a value option such as Coleman, and and then take a little bit of cash into next week.
00:53:00
Sam
That's my preference. What do you guys think?
00:53:04
Holmesy
Yeah, look, it's it's tough either way. um it It works out fantastically if you can get the two players. So say like my example, Sinclair and Steele or net or Anderson, if that player, the Steele type goes 105, then you look like a genius and it's a play.
00:53:19
Holmesy
But if you do get two premium-ish type players and they are just what they are, then you're not getting any value and you're also not getting the scores either. So I think Harmi's...
00:53:29
Sam
Yeah, search search for some value this week, I think.
00:53:32
Holmesy
Yeah, fair enough. Boys, we'll wrap up there. Harmy's almost falling asleep on the mic. Harmy, thank you so much for for putting in the hard yards.
00:53:41
Holmesy
ah You're definitely going up a...
00:53:41
Sam
Hang on, Carl, I've got to ask one question.
00:53:43
Sam
I got ah personally DM'd this question. So Kitty or Shai Bolton this week, if you had to pick one.
00:53:51
Jon Harmey
oh
00:53:54
Holmesy
Harmy?
00:53:59
Sam
um um'll I'll help you out. I'll go first. I'm Kitty because I think he's, you know, 180K less and I feel like that's less of a risk.
00:54:09
Holmesy
Yeah.
00:54:10
Holmesy
Yeah. yeah
00:54:10
Jon Harmey
Yeah, but Sam, yeah, for a starting season pick, but
00:54:17
Jon Harmey
Like, these are the sorts of guys who are actually trying to get off field at the moment, yet you're talking about bringing one in, a guy that's hardly played at all in a year um and was probably lined up to be the sub. So you're comparing him against Bolton, who has been playing in the midfield and has averaged 100 in last two weeks and he's probably got a spot in the midfield for a while yet. So...
00:54:45
Jon Harmey
I don't think that's as clear cut as what you've said there. I think I'd probably prefer to just wait on Kitty. Like, yeah.
00:54:56
Jon Harmey
How much is he going to go up this week? 30 grand? Give it another look, I reckon.
00:55:02
Holmesy
Yeah, Kinney does have Hawthorne as well.
00:55:02
Sam
Yep, love it.
00:55:05
Holmesy
Freo have Port Adelaide at home. Not necessarily a tough matchup with the way Port Adelaide are going. So yeah, very interesting for what it's worth. I think I'd take the punt on Shai Bolton personally.
00:55:18
Holmesy
but That's just because of the ACL. I think Coleman's a better player long-term in terms of consistency. um And we don't know if the Shire Bolton midfield role is really going to stick if his body can hold up to it. But yeah, I think I'm Shire Bolton in that example too.
00:55:34
Holmesy
Sam, thanks as always for jumping on. um Hopefully your ranking goes up again next week so we can have you around for another ah the podcast.
00:55:41
Jon Harmey
Yeah. yeah
00:55:42
Holmesy
Harmi, thanks as well. For everyone else, make sure you're following us at PodPod AFL on Twitter. Make sure you subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever wherever you listen to your content.
00:55:54
Holmesy
um And yeah, we're up for another big round of fantasy footy this week. And then we'll be back next week to talk about buys again and and really start to set us up for that mid-season buy period. Have a good weekend and we will chat soon.