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Fantasy Footy is Back! | Round 1 Review #PODPOD
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Fantasy footy was back in a big way this week! The game we know and love was having us again why we question playing this game.. But let’s be honest, we wouldn’t have it any other way!!
On this podcast episode, Lewy and Sam join Holmesy for a classic round 1 review. They talk crucial trade strategy coming out of round 1, key structures, rookie and mid-pricer trade options plus highly owned players that good coaches may consider trading out if their team is in a good spot. The PODPOD has you covered in 2025 and the lads are off to a great start with all of the key information you need to either start climbing up the rankings, or holding after a great start!
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Transcript
Introduction & Round One Recap
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 Monday, 17th of March. Round one has been and gone. The fantasy season is back with some mixed results, ah but we're here, we're back, and ah yeah, it's good to have footy back.
00:00:36
Holmesy
No John Harmy this week. ah Rumour has it that he has left the country. He's not willing to face the listeners after selling us, not me, but some others, the dud of Hugo Garcia. We'll wait for an official apology when he's back on the pod. But Louie, you're with us, mate. You've had a good round one.
00:00:54
Holmesy
How was your weekend? Did you watch a bit of footy?
00:00:57
Lew
Mate, I watch so much footy um and I'm pretty under the weather today. So I've been sick all day. So apologies if I'm a bit out of it.
Weekend Stories & Team Performances
00:01:06
Lew
I'm all drugged up. But I think um that's a bit of a symptom of having sat down on the couch, drinking too much beer and eating too much fast food, watching round one unfold. It's been an exciting way and it was good to finally get it sort of underway.
00:01:23
Holmesy
would you are Would you say you're under the weather because you may have gone out Saturday night celebrating, knowing that Hinkley's time is more than likely coming to an end very soon?
00:01:26
Sam
Thank you.
00:01:33
Lew
Oh, mate, it might have been the opposite. That game was just so bloody depressing, even even as somebody who doesn't necessarily like the coach. So, um yeah yeah, no, you could say that, but no, nothing like that.
00:01:46
Lew
Just enjoyed watching pretty much every single game of the footy, and the misses has got me in the bad books at the moment and was kicked off at about halftime on Sunday night for maths, and I didn't ah i didn't fight that argument too hard.
00:02:03
Holmesy
Fair enough. And you can hear him laughing in the background. We've got Sam back for another week. Sam, mate, how was your weekend?
00:02:10
Sam
Thanks, Holmesy. Yeah, not too bad. didn't get to watch a heap of footy. um Wedding, first birthday, all sorts of stuff got in the way this weekend. But I, like Louis, was also drowning my sorrows, having watched ah my boys, the Dockers, get absolutely smoked by July.
00:02:31
Holmesy
That's what we love, Sammy Boy, having a bloke on a fantasy football podcast talking about football that he didn't watch. So that's that's unreal insight from you. But... Well...
00:02:41
Sam
Well, hang on. I managed to watch the Freo game. Well, I watched three quarters of the Freo game before I threw my controller at the TV and stormed out.
00:02:49
Holmesy
Oh, mate, every year. At three-quarter time, we genuinely thought we were in it, didn't we? Only to come back from 10 goals down to four and then back out to 10 goals. It's just the the cycle of Frio supporter, unfortunately.
00:03:01
Sam
it's It's the hope that kills you, Hermsie.
00:03:05
Holmesy
That it is. Well, why don't we ah why don't we kick off with our our round results and and let everyone know where we're
Round One Scores Discussion
00:03:12
Holmesy
at. So I'll start us off as the shittest coach on the podcast. So I had a 2053 to start, which to be honest, I'm not actually too upset about. It's got me at about a 27K rank, just under...
00:03:23
Holmesy
um And look, i'm not I'm not too unhappy. It's it's rookie roulette every year. i think we'll talk about it later on, but ah I did a lot of things right and i' I've set myself up quite well. a But Sam, what you are why don't you let us know where you're at being the the second shittest coach on the pod?
00:03:40
Sam
No worries. Thanks, Kyle. I finished on 2088. That puts me just inside 15K and a healthy team value of 18.6 million.
00:03:52
Sam
Louie, why don't you tell us how great you went on the weekend?
00:03:56
Lew
I was only, you know, a little bit above. It was at 21-32, so um the rank is fifty two sixty one So that's that's definitely a hotter start than what I probably had in maybe two or three years. So it's really nice to to get that one off the board early. It's ah just about continuing now. I think the the team's in good shape to to start to pivot it off now.
Fantasy Picks & Regrets
00:04:20
Holmesy
ah tell you what, Sam, it's good to have you on the podcast because you've taken over my role of complaining in the group chat when things aren't going right because with the way you were going on over the weekend, I would have thought you'd have a score in the nineteen hundreds
00:04:34
Sam
Yeah, look, i was I was pretty upset at myself for a couple of decisions. ah But, you know, that's fantasy and we do try to find lines. So, you know, don't worry if you're out in the sticks with Holmesy at there's still time to come back.
00:04:49
Holmesy
I'm pretty sure this time last year i was out about 50K. So just improvements. But we're on the charge, Sam. But that was a good segue. Why don't you lead us into your Dossie Pick of the Week? And first for any of our new listeners,
00:05:03
Holmesy
Hayden Doss Kennedy, the man that started the pod pod, thought he was the best fantasy coach of all time. And we love Dossie, but he was known for his Dossie loose pick. So we've we've come back for 2025 with our ah negative three as our Dossie pick for the week, Sam. So where does that fall for you?
00:05:21
Sam
I fall squarely on my own shoulders. I'm not going to blame a single player for this. I made a last-minute panic decision on Thursday night that cost me about 65 points on field and and didn't generate me much more cash either.
00:05:34
Sam
So... Yep, i'll I'll lay the blame on myself for that one. Louis, who did you have as your jossy pick of the week?
00:05:42
Lew
um Mine was probably just getting a little bit cute with um Sam Wicks, I think. He was one I was considering pretty strongly and um wasn't in my side and then saw the um the Charlie Cameron news sort of come through and didn't think he would have a direct opponent and maybe would score a bit higher than the 43 than he did. So a bit of a dossie pick, take the cash and run now.
00:06:06
Holmesy
Sam, just for reference, what was that player that you, that combo that you selected that you're so upset about?
00:06:12
Sam
Pretty keen to rub my face into this one, are you, Carl? I was really keen on Ollie Hollands versus Richmond, and to do that, I had to trade out Nazai Wanganeen-Miller and Nathan O'Driscoll, and I had to bring in Lockie Ash alongside Ollie Hollands.
00:06:30
Sam
More on that later.
00:06:33
Holmesy
Oh, yeah. All right. Fair enough. I'd forgotten about that one. So thanks.
00:06:38
Lew
oh
00:06:39
Sam
Yeah, you... you You definitely hadn't forgotten about that one, but good on you for teasing it out of me. Thanks. Thanks, Matt.
00:06:48
Holmesy
Oh, geez. And mine, I could have gone with a few players here, but I'm just going to go one that this was a player I wasn't really that hot on during the preseason, and that's Riley Sanders. I know like a lot of the community was, and he came out in that practice game and and had 80% CBAs and looked unreal, but I just thought Bevo, knowing what we know, he's never really wanted Riley as that pure inside middie.
00:07:11
Holmesy
He gets a little bit of time in there, but spends time up forward. And they don't like him playing and hunting the footy like he did as a junior. and And that showed, I think, 45% CBAs on the weekend. and And that was him really out of the CBAs a lot in that second half. So for a 72 that he actually saved...
00:07:28
Holmesy
Look, he still you still got past his break even and he's pretty pretty popular. But yeah, just not not too happy with that one. But I think he kind of falls in the category of needing to see it another week and and fixing up some other issues. But yeah, Riley Sanders for
Rookie Highlights & Strategy
00:07:42
Holmesy
me.
00:07:42
Holmesy
Sam, why don't you give us your Stato pick for the week? Make him great again.
00:07:47
Sam
Yeah, i'm going to like I'm going to throw our Stato Pick of the Week to our rookies um because I think we were panicking maybe a little and and thought we had a rookie crisis. And then, geez, we got an absolute avalanche of them.
00:08:00
Sam
And I would say two-thirds of them scored pretty well. um So hats off to our rookies as my Stato Pick of the Week.
00:08:09
Holmesy
So Sam, you picked Xavier Lindsay?
00:08:13
Sam
No, didn't quite manage to squeeze him into my side.
00:08:17
Holmesy
You picked Max Hall?
00:08:20
Sam
I did not pick Max Hall. Keep going and you'll hit one eventually, I'm sure.
00:08:25
Holmesy
ah Surely you got Levi Ashcroft. You got Ashcroft, right?
00:08:29
Sam
I did, along with 58% of the competition, so I'm not sure I can i can call that a win.
00:08:34
Holmesy
Yeah, I think the only the only people that didn't get Levi Ashcroft were the poor buggers that were actually playing footy on Saturday afternoon and and didn't get the late mail that he was not going to be subbed. So hats out for those guys. It's really unfortunate. And one of the downfalls of the rolling lockout, Lou, what's your Stato pick of the week?
00:08:52
Lew
I'll give mine to Sam De Koning. Wasn't sure what to expect from this with the ruck roll, but did know he was versing Liam Reedy. So um what better sort of matchup if you're going to own him and definitely pay dividends. So he scored the 124.
00:09:08
Lew
was absolutely over the moon about that one.
00:09:11
Holmesy
Yeah, we'll get to him later and and whether we still think he's a someone we chase or whether that was just one out of the box playing free or who didn't have a recognized Ruckman. My Stato pick of the week is Jordan Dawson. A big ah talking point for at least me in the preseason was whether I go Brayshaw or Dawson.
00:09:30
Holmesy
And ah Dawson looked incredible on the weekend. 126. Got tagged by Winhaga after quarter time.
00:09:34
Sam
Thank you.
00:09:36
Holmesy
I think they released it late in the fourth, but... Yeah, if he's doing that in a matchup where he gets tagged, imagine what he's going to be able to do if he's able to run free for for an entire game. So he looked great. And yeah, very happy to have him sitting there at M1 for the time being.
00:09:52
Holmesy
Lads, let's get into, or let's first, let's go the Pod Pod Challenge. So the Pod Pod Challenge, back for 2025. If you still haven't joined, the ah the code is in the show descriptions below. So make sure you get involved there. I think we've got close to 900 coaches in there, which is fantastic.
00:10:11
Holmesy
Straight away, we've gone bang. So two coaches in the top 100 so far. Daddy, Danny Rich, ranked 40. But here's the one I really want to highlight. Good friend of the show and runner-up.
00:10:22
Holmesy
I think it was two years ago, Shuckers, who's gone absolutely bang.
00:10:25
Sam
Thank you.
00:10:26
Holmesy
Ranked 18th, scored 22-44, and his team is looking unreal. So what a start from Shuckers. And yeah, I'd be a little bit nervous having him up the top there, knowing that he's done really well in the past.
00:10:42
Holmesy
Lads, let's get stuck into the hot topics for the week. Let's start with you, Lou. So round one's been and gone. you know We don't have unlimited trades anymore. We talk about it all the time.
00:10:53
Holmesy
AFL Fantasy, two trades a week. We seem like we've got unlimited trades and it's really easy to pivot and trade guys out. However, two trades isn't that much considering um we're we're dealing with a ah salary cap as well. So...
00:11:06
Holmesy
what is What is the go now?
00:11:06
Sam
Bye.
00:11:08
Holmesy
What should coaches really be looking to prioritize and do with round one now that gone?
00:11:14
Lew
Well, now that round one's gone, what we want to do is start to prioritize our cash generation because that's what's really going to help us facilitate upgrading to premiums in probably about four to six weeks and and throughout the season as well. You know you want to keep that um team value as a whole nice and healthy.
00:11:33
Lew
throughout the year because that's how we we strengthen our sides. So um straight after round one, it's about identifying which rookies sort of had a role that you liked, which ones popped a score. um's You know, you've got a low break even now that you can ride over the next couple of weeks and which rookies look to have a bit of job security.
00:11:51
Lew
So... and And it's not just that sort of subset of players either. It's mid-prices that may have performed that way. And, you know, maybe even to a certain degree, it's some premiums, which maybe you didn't expect to have um a role like they did that you, you know, feel the need to jump on.
00:12:09
Holmesy
Sam, what more would you like to add there?
Team Priorities & Trading Rookies
00:12:11
Holmesy
So let's let's put your team into perspective. So, i mean, you you spoke about Lockie Ash and some others before, but what are your main priorities this week with fixing up your side so that you can start to build that cash and really you know attack from here?
00:12:26
Sam
Yeah, I think Louie hit the nail on the head. and on top of that, it's it's about looking at, keep looking at roles, um you know, try and work out which which scores in round one um were maybe a bit of an outlier and, you know, which scores are probably more consistent with what they might offer.
00:12:45
Sam
I think, you know, particularly around the rookies, it can be tricky because they often don't have the greatest roles in fantasy. Maybe they're at a half forward or whatever. So keep trying to find those rookies who are going to get consistent games and be consistent in their role.
00:13:01
Holmesy
That's a good segue. So we'll come back to the hot topics in a in a little bit, but let's let's deep dive into some of these rookies now that um have come out of the woodworks. Lou, so I'm going to throw some names at you here and we're going to talk a little bit about them. So we're we're only really looking at the cheap rookies and we'll talk about some mid prices lately, but we've had some names come through. So we're thinking Max Hall,
00:13:22
Holmesy
Lucas Camparialli, Xavier Lindsay, Levi Ashcroft, and Corey Warner. So all of these players have a negative break even outside of Levi Ashcroft, which is number two.
00:13:33
Holmesy
But if we're trying to rank these guys in terms of urgency to trade in, where are we looking first?
00:13:40
Lew
ah We'll start with Corey Warner here, who's three hundred and twenty two k now. He's gone up roughly 50k. um Even though I've liked what he's done, the break-even minus 10, he does have that buy upcoming, and I'm not necessarily sold that he is going to be best 22 after that Swans buy with a couple of players returning. You know, your Callum Mills is going to go straight into that midfield.
00:14:07
Lew
um So, for for that reason, I'd probably put him last. I think maybe you've missed the boat there, but if you were desperate for a forward rookie, I guess that's fine to take a punt, just because he is a bit of a mature age player.
00:14:11
Sam
Thank
00:14:22
Lew
He has been in the system a few years, and look, I'll be honest, he was pretty good on the weekend too, so... um Outside of that, these four, Levi Ashcroft, Xavier Lindsay, Lucas Camparelli, Max Hall, I think are going to be the most relevant rookies for us this year or this round rather. that's probably the Two of those are probably the ones that coaches have identified with the low break even that they want to be jumping on.
00:14:44
Holmesy
Thank you.
00:14:47
Lew
It's just about sort of how we categorise them in terms of their um consistency of scoring, their role, um their job security, um and how it fits in within sort of the structure of your side. You might be ah stuck with bringing in a forward, in which case you have to look in one direction.
00:15:03
Lew
um Otherwise, you can maybe look at some of these mids. ah Holmesy, you started with Xavier Lindsay. Did you did you get a look at him on the weekend and did you like what you saw?
00:15:15
Holmesy
Yeah, look, I watched the first half of that game and then I was at work, but ah I was watching it on and off. He just gave me the vibes of, you know, so so often we pick these rookies and we're nervous because we're watching the screen and they're nowhere to be seen. And then...
00:15:31
Holmesy
you know five, 10 minutes goes by and and maybe they get close to the ball once or twice and you get a little bit bit excited, but then they go away and and you just you you get that sick feeling in your stomach. Whereas Xavier Lindsay, he just looked like an AFL footballer.
00:15:43
Sam
Thank you.
00:15:44
Holmesy
He came into that side. He had that wing role. you know He was pushing up and down the ground. They were more than happy to use him. Six tackles as well. So the wet weather didn't faze him whatsoever.
00:15:56
Holmesy
Look, he was good. um Caleb Windsor was off playing off halfback. So him and Langdon had those wins sewn up and and he was just getting involved in that system. So I guess to you, Sam, so 300... What is 300... Where's the price?
00:16:09
Lew
63K, 363.
00:16:09
Holmesy
where's the price $363,000. he's not necessarily super cheap anymore. And you're going have to either go down from a failed you know Hugo Garcia if he's in the if he's in the midfield. Maybe it's a Peatling or a Hollands or another mid-pricer because...
00:16:26
Holmesy
You know, let's use Hastie, for example. look Looked okay from a scoring point of view, but he's been subbed out on 40. He hasn't made a heap of cash and now you need to find money to get up to a Lindsay. Sam, is Lindsay a priority or is he, you know, a little bit too expensive and you don't want to damage your side too much to bring him in?
00:16:45
Sam
i Yeah, he look, he certainly is for me. um I think the thing to note about Melbourne is there was always going to be a bit of movement across halfback and on their wings um because of the the personnel that they're short of.
00:17:00
Sam
I think he played so well that he's probably not going to be named sub anytime soon. You know, I thought they might, given how many debutantes they had, they might rotate the sub around a little bit, but I think he's done enough to buy him some time. He he did look very good, Kyle, as you said. Yeah, I mean, I'm i'm tossing out whether to Hollands to Lindsay myself or put a bit of cash on one of my other rookies' heads.
Rookie Debuts & Evaluations
00:17:26
Sam
Even though none of my rookies are obvious trade-out targets, because of his ability to score and his break-even at the moment, um'm I'm tempted to put a bit of leftover cash that I have on his head and get him in.
00:17:39
Holmesy
Yeah, and look, i don't we don't expect 94s each week.
00:17:42
Lew
Mm-hmm.
00:17:42
Holmesy
We know that wing role is quite volatile. And I think something you said, Sam, makes a lot of sense. you know Their forward line was was nowhere. they They didn't really have a recognized forward outside of JVR. But that's that's Melbourne at the moment. And what's GWS's strengths? Their strengths are their they're key backs and and taking those intercept marks. So it looked like a key ah clear game plan to possess the ball around D50 and go slowly up the wings. And that played right into into Lindsay's hands. So yeah, he's...
00:18:10
Holmesy
He's definitely ah almost a must-have trade-in. I would just be wary, um you know, putting money on ah a hasty or another failed rookie's head because it it is a lot of cash. But I think I'd feel a little bit more confident going from a mail a failed mid-pricer down so that you're you're generating the cash elsewhere.
00:18:26
Holmesy
Lou, let's talk about Max Hall now because you said you watched bit of that game and I watched some as well. it He was quite impressive playing as that sort of high half forward.
00:18:31
Sam
Thank you.
00:18:33
Holmesy
I think he, when he had two goals too, he looked good.
00:18:38
Lew
Yeah, he did. and he was one that I had a close eye on just because he was that mature age. He was taken in the mid-season draft, I think last year, ah got plenty of hype in the pre-season and then straight into round one. And ah he blended in really nicely. He found plenty of the footy. He wasn't just that half forward that's camped in ah inside 50. He was certainly high up the ground. In fact, he was even sort of in the...
00:19:03
Lew
halfback flank area pretty regularly. And yeah, he just looks like a player. And i really liked his time on ground too. It suggests to me that he's got a pretty high level of fitness there for his first AFL footy game at 83% time on ground.
00:19:19
Lew
ah just think he's a player. And Ross Lyons said as much in the... um in the press conference after the game. So the mid-forward status, DPP, it's it's not the be-all and end-all, but it's certainly um something that I'm sort of looking fondly on at the moment.
00:19:34
Holmesy
Yep, absolutely. Definitely provides flexibility in your squad come round six when we start to get more DPPs and yeah, adding flexibility. Sam, we would have all watched Thursday night footy, but what did you think about Lucas Camparialli? Because let's face it, Carlton got smashed and by Richmond.
00:19:51
Holmesy
um Doc came on in as the sub in the fourth quarter and and racked up the peel. So you'd think he's coming into the best 22. Camparialli definitely wasn't the worst. But at 275k with that negative 10 break even, is he someone that coaches just need to lock away if they've missed him?
00:20:09
Sam
I think if you've missed him, then you can wait to see, because they play Thursday again. i just think there's a slim chance he maybe gets dropped as a first in, first out, which I think would be totally unfair because he looks like someone who tried really hard um and did put in some great defensive efforts.
00:20:28
Sam
ah if I mean, if he's named, then I think, and you don't have him, then I'd be... picking him up because, you know, we know Carlton like to possess the ball and he's working pretty hard up and down that wing, which is, you know, somewhere that Akers has scored well in in the past.
00:20:45
Sam
So that's where I would be going. um I think some of these other guys like Lindsay and Ashcroft are probably just a higher priority. I've got them ah just a step above Caporelli though.
00:20:56
Holmesy
So then if you had to rank them out of these four, so Ashcroft, Lindsay, Camparialli, and then Hall, can you rank them one to four for me in terms of priority trade-ins?
00:21:07
Sam
Yeah, sure. I think I'd put, i mean, Lindsay and Ashcroft are hard to separate. I'd probably have Ashcroft just ahead of Lindsay. um Then I would probably, I mean, I personally have Camporeali and then Max Hall.
00:21:22
Sam
I think Max Hall's scoring could ah be a little bit more volatile. He did play a good game on the weekend, but I get nervous for someone playing half forward at the Saints.
00:21:33
Holmesy
Yep, that's a fair call. Lou, do you have anything different to that?
00:21:37
Lew
No, I'd probably have it in ah in roughly the same order. That's pretty tough to split Campo and Hall there. ah Ashcroft, I think he's probably got a gap between Lindsay.
00:21:47
Sam
Thank you.
00:21:50
Lew
I think we'll find over the next couple of weeks, he just looked um absolutely unbelievable. I think it was 26 touches, five clearances. um comes up against the Eagles this week as well. So that price is is going to skyrocket over the next couple of weeks. And as we've seen in years previous, um some of these players like a Sam Mulch, Harry Sheezal, Will Ashcroft have been players that we've started at that rookie price that we've been able to hold in our teams for, you know, well and truly into the buyers. So for that reason, I think Levi Ashcroft probably has to be a priority in terms of a rookie trade in this week.
00:22:27
Holmesy
Yeah, and the other thing about Levi Ashcroft, I mean, we have no idea about DPPs, but what we do know about Brisbane is that they run a pretty tight midfield group with ah Neil, Dunkley, McCluggage, and then his brother in there as well.
00:22:40
Holmesy
So if Levi can get forward status for us um in round six, he almost becomes a smash play that you can hold you know even up until the buys. So yeah, if you don't have Levi, I know 50% of the comp does, you've got to find a way to bring him in.
00:22:52
Sam
Thank you.
00:22:54
Holmesy
Some of the other notable rookies that scored, are but not necessarily players that we want to look
Rookie Concerns & Strategy Adjustments
00:23:00
Holmesy
to target. So Ethan Reid, um he's a forward, scored well, but has a buy and he played the Eagles. So I'm not sure you can put too much stock into that.
00:23:09
Holmesy
Constantine for North Melbourne scored okay as a forward, but once again, picking a forward for North Melbourne is going to be pretty ah volatile. So I wouldn't be going there, especially when you've got Hall available.
00:23:22
Holmesy
Murphy Reid for Frio. Look, had a freak quarter, scored four goals. But outside of that, I think he had eight points in the first quarter, zero in the second, and then only three in the last. So um not someone I'd be looking to target personally, especially with some personnel coming back from for Frio in the next couple of weeks.
00:23:40
Sam
But he is now the biggest is now the biggest read in Western Australia.
00:23:41
Holmesy
And then lastly...
00:23:44
Sam
Isn't that right, Carl?
00:23:46
Holmesy
Oh, yeah, without a doubt. I can't wait for them to start offering him millions of dollars for his contract. The kid's going to be a star, right? Like, he's going to be good, but, yeah, it's just someone we're going have to temper our expectations on there, and and he's not cheap either.
00:24:00
Holmesy
Sam, i'll I'll give this one to you because you've put this one in here, but Jack Henderson. Now, I know he played as that sort of small forward, but he did get up the ground a little bit. I actually liked a lot of what he did. However, he's pretty small. But in terms of a mature age player, first game out playing GWS, you don't think he's much of an option?
00:24:17
Sam
ah Look, shout out to Blake Rookledge, if he's listening, for talking me into Jack Henderson over Lindsay. Thanks for that, mate. um ah Look, he was pegged as an Alex Neil Bullen replacement, I believe, when they picked him up in the draft. so And we know Alex like scored pretty well in the past.
00:24:36
Sam
So, look, I wouldn't rule him out um permanently by any means, but 49 next to his name, I think he's one you can wait on a week. And if he pops a 70, then maybe you get more interested.
00:24:48
Holmesy
Yeah, right. I didn't even know you had him. Sorry, that was completely unplanned. Look, yeah, they must rate him.
00:24:52
Sam
you
00:24:54
Holmesy
I mean, he's come straight in.
00:24:55
Lew
Ooh.
00:24:56
Holmesy
Yeah. o there is ah There is another one, Lou, and we're not picking him this week because Sydney have a bye coming up, but I reckon the listeners should keep a close eye on Riley Bice.
00:25:11
Holmesy
Came on as the sub, had kick-ins, um was running hard out of defence. You don't pick him now because Mills is coming back and some of the other players. But if he has ah if he has a full game this week and then he has the bye and he holds his spot come round four, I think it could be a good trade down from ah a prior or read if he's starting to you know put up some stinkers um down to bias. What do you think?
00:25:34
Lew
Yeah, I don't mind it. And he got some hype, I saw, from Dean Cox after the game, which was good to see. And um but something like his AFL ratings were quite high for for a player that was subbed on. So, yeah, clearly doing something good there. I like that sort of play. If you're not planning on sort of looping there, I suppose you've got a ah Zach read anyway. So, yeah, prior to Bice after in round four when Pryor's on the buy might be a play.
00:26:03
Holmesy
Now, Sam, going back to our hot topics, you've thrown this in the run sheet. So clearly you're pretty happy with a lot of the rookies that have come through um this
Trading Strategies & Player Evaluations
00:26:11
Holmesy
round. But we do know that a lot of these are first year rookies and and they are going to look to get vested and and all that stuff in the next couple of weeks. But you want to talk about guns and rookies potentially being back on the menu a bit, especially for the next three rounds with best 18.
00:26:26
Sam
Yeah, absolutely. um I think if you have got a few failed mid-prices there, then don't be afraid to look at a bit of adjustment to your structure um Obviously, no one's picked every rookie that's gone bang, I'm sure. So look to pick up one rookie if you've got a failed mid-pricer. And if you've got two, maybe take another one up to ah you know a genuine premium or someone else.
00:26:50
Sam
So, yeah, i think that's definitely an option. And we've talked about that before, being an option in in the best 18 rounds. Because as you we know, we we don't have to count four of our worst scores.
00:27:01
Holmesy
So, Lou, if you had a, ah let's say, a James Peatling, you've got Ollie Hollins, these types, would you be comfortable trading one of these guys down to a ah Lindsay or one of these rookies that have popped, even if it means carrying over more cash this week than then maybe we'd traditionally like?
00:27:20
Lew
Yeah, I'm fine with that. That's going to allow for some flexibility. And in that best 18 system, we can get away with some of these sorts of moves. So yeah, like Sam sort of mentioned, the ceiling it doesn't dictate our score as much, but it does sort of um separate us a little bit there rather than sort of towards the back end. So yeah.
00:27:41
Lew
I don't mind it. I will just flag though with some people looking to jump off an Ollie Hollands and a Will Day, they've got the Thursday night game this week. so um If you are looking to do that, you're not going to get a look at those Sunday teams. It might not bother you, but at the same time, it can open up um yourself to you know some potential carnage later on in the weekend.
00:28:06
Holmesy
Lou, that's a good segue. So let's actually talk about Will Day because, I mean, I was someone that wasn't as hot on him in the preseason, more because of his run to start. And clearly we all jumped on once he had that 90-point first half in the in the opening round. But since that game, he's actually scored quite poorly and and doesn't seem like he's handling the tag that well.
00:28:28
Holmesy
Carlton this week, does he get a George Hewitt tag? Then he has ah GWS and then he's bye. Are shrewd coaches, ah they are they being smart by looking to get off wheel day this week if if they've nailed their starting squad?
00:28:41
Lew
um Look, i'm I'm not against it. Obviously, ah don't know if this week's the time to do it. I think you're going to have other problems, issues or things that you can do just to get ahead rather than um jumping into him jumping off of him immediately. But I have seen a few coaches looking to jump off him before that Bedford tag potentially.
00:29:05
Lew
ah don't mind the strategy. um He has made you that cash, but at the same time, I do think that Will Day after this buy, ah round five ports a little bit tough, but then opens up into Geelong, Eagles, Richmond, Melbourne, Suns, and then Lions and and Pies there. So Look, there's some pretty good matchups and i do want to own him for when he does go at that 95 clip, which I think he's very much capable of. And he might even spike some big scores in there as we saw in round one, ah opening round. So ah I'm probably in the camp of holding a wheel day, but if it does suit your structure, um I'm not against it. ah Sam, is is that something, i know you started a wheel day. Is that something you've considered yet?
00:29:52
Sam
I mean, yeah, I haven't because I've got things to fix up. But if you're a listener who's got all of your ducks in a row everywhere else, I would still be reluctant to trade out Will Day. I like the idea of the buy kind of um making the decision for us because, you know, if he hasn't had two great scores, then he's an obvious trade out. If he's absolutely buzzing, then, you know, maybe we can hold for that juicy run post-buy. So, yeah.
00:30:17
Sam
Look, I think even if your team is hunting, I wouldn't go there necessarily.
00:30:25
Holmesy
Yep, I would agree with that. And and he's got Carlton this week. Yes, he might get some attention, but with the way Carlton played last game, yeah, they're going to be hungry, but they might not be able to do anything to stop Hawthorne and that could turn into a blowout game anyway and and there'll be points on the board. So I wouldn't be trading Will Day this week, but I can absolutely see why coaches are looking to do it to try and jump ahead of the comp.
00:30:47
Holmesy
Louis, let's talk about some of these mid-prices now that are looking to be priority trade-in. So Mitch Nevitt, I think he surprised all of us. A lot of us were but pretty keen on him, but we're a little bit unsure about how that Geelong midfield was going to line up. And I wanted to see it for a week and I couldn't have been more impressed. He started pretty slow, but 103 points 68% time on ground.
00:31:07
Holmesy
sixty eight percent time on ground Do we need to take these Geelong scores with a grain of salt? They scored over 1,800 fantasy points when we know the league average is about 1,450. So they murdered Frio. But break even of seven, Mitch Nevitt, what are your thoughts?
00:31:23
Lew
Yeah, I mean, look, 1,800 points is definitely well over the competition average, but um it doesn't really matter. You know, he's got his price moving now, and that's all you needed to see. So if you were keen on Mitch Nebbitt, go ahead and jump on that. I ah think he's got the role for a little while. It's exactly what we saw in the Prackey and the official preseason game as well.
00:31:45
Lew
Roll straight into round one with it. He's obviously going to be a bit more of that defensive midfielder, as evidenced by that sort of 11 tackles, which I think is sort of a good thing. You know, you're going to have that established floor if he can bring that each and every week.
00:31:59
Lew
He's got St Kilda this week. So if you're not an owner, know potentially you get that quick, easy kill um and maybe a nice little cash injection there to really get him rolling. So, yeah, I'll...
00:32:10
Lew
I think you're always going to have question marks over the Cats' makeup. 68% time on ground doesn't fill me with a heap of confidence. And ah probably a reason I faded him pretty late in the piece was just due to that Cats bench. They've got a um a pretty talented list there, and i thought he was a bit of a sub chance. So maybe that's a small asterisk, but he couldn't have hurt his chances whatsoever on the weekend. And I'd be more than bullish to be jumping on this week.
00:32:40
Holmesy
Yeah, look, and Geelong is so tough. I mean, you've got both ends of the spectrum. You've got Oliver Dempsey who just blew it out of the water last year. Every week it would have been like, is he going to get dropped? Is he going to get managed? And he just absolutely killed it. And then you've got Jai Clark who's in, he's out, he's in, he's out. So I, yeah, I like the Nevit pick.
00:32:57
Holmesy
And you can kind of fall behind the best 18 over the next three rounds anyway as well. So if he does get subbed or has a ah poor game, it's not going to hurt you too much and and you're going to make some cash. So I really like that one.
00:33:08
Holmesy
Sam, what about his mid-priced partner who we're all kind of to-ing and fro-ing between him and Nathan
Mid-Priced Players & Role Changes
00:33:15
Holmesy
O'Driscoll? So being a Frio man... Priced at 474k, 76% time on ground. He was an inside midfielder as that sort of fourth player.
00:33:25
Holmesy
Did you see enough from Nathan O'Driscoll to put him into your side? Or do you think with Hayden Young coming back soon and and potentially a Fife and some other best 22 players that if he gets put out onto a wing, his scoring might be affected too much?
00:33:39
Sam
um Yeah, look, I mean, as a Friot fan, I didn't enjoy his game a heap. um You know, didn't use the footy incredibly well. But look, he had 23 centre-bounce attendances, one less than Caleb Sorong. I have to say that took me by surprise. I thought he would split his time more 50-50 across the wing and the inside midfield.
00:34:01
Sam
But, you know, there's not, with the exception of sort of Matt Johnson, there's not really too many that are going to come in and immediately take his place. Five played for Peel on the weekend. Apparently it went well.
00:34:13
Sam
I don't know if they immediately go there and bring him back in. Even if they do, does play forward? I think Nathan O'Driscoll is definitely a play. um I just think we have slightly better options in guys like Nebit and, you know Lindsay as well.
00:34:28
Sam
So that's probably my my take on on him. What did you think, Kyle? You're also a Freire fan. I'm sure you would have been giving him a careful eye.
00:34:37
Holmesy
I actually liked his game, to be fair. And I think there was a few other times where he was open and they tried to use him and Frio just butchered the footy and and completely missed him. He's good when he can get on his left foot, but he's horrendous when he's stuck on his right.
00:34:50
Holmesy
So that's ah that's a big concern um as any left footer is outside of Sam Mitchell.
00:34:51
Sam
No.
00:34:54
Holmesy
But... um Yeah, I think he'll get another go. I don't think Freo throw everything out and and they don't have the personnel to bring in. like They're not going to and not going to replace him with a... I've even forgotten his name now. Who's the who's the other forward that we're looking to pick in the preseason, Sam?
00:35:10
Sam
Oh, I mean, Erasmus, is that what you're thinking?
00:35:13
Holmesy
Erasmus. Yeah, like Erasmus isn't breaking the door down door down to come in.
00:35:14
Sam
Yeah.
00:35:16
Holmesy
So I think he gets another go. Break even of 20, I think if you've got him, he's an okay pick. But I personally wouldn't be looking to trade into him just yet, especially with Sydney coming up. However, he does have Eagles and then some good matchups after that. So...
00:35:30
Holmesy
I think I'd still be prioritizing the Lindsays and the Ashcrofts and some of the other rookies over at O'Driscoll and even a Nevitt.
00:35:31
Sam
Yeah. and
00:35:37
Holmesy
um But if you've nailed everything else and you want to look at him, I wouldn't talk you out of it either. Lou, i'm gonna I'm going to go to you because you are the only SDK owner on the podcast and this deserves a bit of discussion. So Sam DeConing,
00:35:50
Holmesy
A lot of us were spooked because of the role. He doesn't have that traditional ruck role where it's, you know, he did have 80% CBAs, but 40% ruck contest.
00:35:57
Sam
you
00:35:58
Holmesy
when he' when the rock When the contests are in the forward line, they go with a Neil or a Dangerfield or someone else. And when it's in defense, Blitzarffs takes over. He's not going to play free all each week, but do you think at that price, Sam De Koning is almost a must start to chase? He does have St. Kilda, which will be some easy ball, but then he goes into he goes into Brisbane, he goes into um Melbourne.
00:36:19
Holmesy
It gets tough, but what do you think?
00:36:21
Lew
No, I'd probably have to question whether or not he's one that you have to chase. um As we said, you know, he did have the easy matchup with Liam Reedy on the weekend and the ruck contests weren't necessarily there, even though the CBAs were.
00:36:36
Lew
um We know he's quite a mobile ruckman, so he's going to score in other ways, but... um it's It's still a bit of a concern moving forward. He's got Harry Boyd this week, so I think he's going to score okay.
00:36:49
Lew
um But then there's a bit of a brick wall coming in, a big O and then a Max Gorn and a Riley O'Brien in rounds three, four and five. So... I question if he's going to make enough money now for him to be a good pick, knowing that Geelong have pretty much told us already that they're going to rotate the ruck. There's going to be um some pretty heavy rotations in there.
00:37:12
Lew
And a big reason for me sort of starting Sam DeConning in the first place was that round one matchup. I was thinking that's the reward that I want to get because um jumping on after that, it quickly ends, as I mentioned, with that fixture.
00:37:29
Holmesy
Sam as ah another fellow non-Sam De Koning owner. Clearly, Louis was going to say that because he doesn't want us to have him. But do you have do you have different thoughts?
00:37:35
Sam
like Yeah, Louie might be metagaming a bit there. um I mean, look, I have, so I have Lockie Ash, obviously, as a trade out this week. ah we I'm really only toying with two options, which is Sam De Koning or, you know, doing a little restructure and taking him up to Nazair.
00:37:54
Sam
um I think, you know, Louis talked about it just then. The ruck contests were interesting. Blitzarfs had actually nearly as many ruck contests as him. He was only on the ground 78% the time.
00:38:07
Sam
He played a lot behind the ball, interestingly enough, which ended up being quite fruitful, particularly in that fourth quarter. um Look, I am really keen to trade him in only because I've seen him now go 120-odd.
00:38:18
Sam
ah hundred and twenty odd um And if anything, I think that encourages Geelong to play him in there, maybe even a little bit more because he looks so good when they were in there.
00:38:28
Sam
So Blitzars took a lot of the CBAs and Ruck contests in the middle of the ground in the third quarter, which is, um you know, maybe there's no cause and effect there, but that's when they got smashed by Freo.
00:38:39
Sam
So, yeah look, um I would have to be, i am going there at this stage and I'm not sure too many would talk me out of it.
00:38:49
Holmesy
Louie, I'll go back to you then. So let's compare him to a Joel Frazier, who's a little bit more expensive, but he's just come off a ton, played some halfback, played some midfield time and and pushed even forward.
00:39:00
Holmesy
Would you prefer Joel Frazier over a Sam De Kony?
00:39:04
Lew
um See, that's another one I'm on unsure on. Obviously, it's another week closer to um the return of some of those Bulldogs stars. You've missed the big pop score. I'm not saying it can't continue, but I suppose we have to identify what these guys are there to do. So we're going into a best 8-end system. Are we necessarily really confident that...
00:39:27
Lew
an sdk and a frazier are going to complement that best 18 or are we better off looking to and i'm not suggesting anything here i'm just asking the question uh are we better off looking towards that pure cash generation in some of these rookies instead um because yeah obviously best 18 we're going to be able to hide a couple of little cuts and bruises early that um that can sort of be addressed a little bit later on do you know do you know what i'm saying there homie
00:39:54
Holmesy
Yeah, look, I do. And I mean, let's put a number on it, right? So but yeah I think he was priced 65-ish before this game, which means he's gone up in value. So he's probably priced around that sort of 68, 69, 70
00:40:08
Holmesy
realistically, even though he's had a a pop game, he's still probably only an 80 to an 85 guy, right? So is that 10 to 15 points enough knowing that you've missed his ceiling score?
00:40:20
Holmesy
Or do you think there is scope for growth and and matching it's not a bad play?
00:40:26
Lew
Well, that's it. And just the fact that we can put some, you know, end dates potentially on the roles of both these players um just has me a little bit sceptical. But, um you know, on the positive sides, you know, these are clearly two players that um could well and truly be massive parts of their sides this year. And, you know, the break even is nice and low. So...
00:40:48
Lew
I know a lot of coaches are looking at you know dropping down from potentially a Perryman who was pretty unimpressive on the weekend. I don't mind as a little bit of a cash gen play.
00:40:58
Holmesy
that's a good segue, Lou. So let's talk about some players now that coaches might look to jump off if they've got, as Sam put it, a lot of their ducks in a row or they're just looking to to get ahead of the competition like, you know, the Tom Phillips move of 2021 or some other popular players that have been traded off in the past. So let's start there. Harry Perryman.
00:41:18
Holmesy
you would have watched that Port game, tagging JHF and then even Rosie at times. Can we have someone priced at 80-odd that can sacrifice their game like that and and drop a 49?
00:41:32
Lew
Yeah, look, it's it was a tough matchup for him. So I don't think anybody was expecting Harry Perryman to um to go too well in this matchup, but 49 and was pretty abysmal. And even before that, it was sort of like, you know, 10 fantasy score up until halftime. So...
00:41:50
Lew
um I think we have to circle him. Technically, the role is still there. The CBAs were a little bit less than usual, but I don't see him dropping back into defense too much, just with some of the cattle that the Pies have got there. I think the the mid-roll will continue. and um yeah We saw an opening round that he he can find the footy and get involved and get a couple of tackles and get his way to that 90 score. So just a reminder to ourselves that he's priced at 74. You're going to get some of these games that aren't ideal, but I think he's a better player than what the 74 is priced at. So um i wouldn't be throwing the toys out of the cot just yet with Harry Perryman.
00:42:30
Lew
um But with that in mind, knowing that next week, you probably do have him circled to trade away due to his buy. So if you're a coach wanting to get an extra step on the competition, potentially you've got no fires that you want to put out, then then i'm okay with maybe pivoting a Harry Poorman down or or up to some of these underpriced premiums potentially.
00:42:37
Sam
Thank you.
00:42:52
Holmesy
Yep, agree with that, Lou. And up I'm going to stay with you just because I think these two players are going to hurt Sam and myself too much. So we've got Sam Taylor and now Lockie Ash both picked for that little cash grab. And although the the cash grabs worked, now the scoring's clearly not there. They've got their buy. Are they must trade outs now to sort of take that cash and run?
00:43:15
Lew
I think Sam Taylor has to be to really make that move sort of um the move that it had to be. So he made eighty three k in a week. If you're holding him another week, then you know it's 40K a week. It's still substantial, but um it probably lessens the impact of it. So I think Sam Taylor's definitely a trade. And I think most coaches i had him penciled in to be that guy.
00:43:39
Lew
Locky Ash is where it gets interesting and I'm going to be keen to hear Sam's thoughts on this because as good as he looked in opening round, it just wasn't replicated in round one. He didn't have the kick-ins um and now obviously he's on that bye.
00:43:54
Lew
We said last week, if you're picking Lockie Ash, you probably think he's a keeper. So now it's a bit of a conundrum. Sam, as a coach that's got Lockie Ash in his side, what direction are you sort of headed in here? And um yeah, are you still thinking he's a keeper in your side?
00:44:13
Sam
No, I'm not. um i I picked Lockie Ash over, say, Sam Taylor, for example, because I thought he would give me options. I felt Sam Taylor was a must trade out at round two. And so I didn't like the idea of a forced trade.
00:44:30
Sam
um thinking that, you know, if Lockie Ash could score well again, then I could hold him, as you suggest as you've suggested just there. But i kind of I actually kind of set myself a line and I said, if he goes over 80, I'll hold him till after the bye.
00:44:44
Sam
If he doesn't, then I'll trade him out. And it sounds a bit arbitrary, but yeah, I was really... i mean, in a game where Whitfield and and Himmelberg both went 90 to 100 100 plus even For him to score 60 was a bit of a shock.
00:45:00
Sam
So, yeah, he's ah he's an easy trade-out for me and he's a priority trade-out for me.
00:45:07
Holmesy
Yeah, it just shows once again that those those players, they can always have pop scores, but when they're not the the main guy like Whitfield is or even Himmelberg's probably number two, they like the ball in his hands that the scoring can be volatile. And and that game didn't help. It was pissing down with rain and and clearly wasn't the day to be possessing the ball, especially with Melbourne holding onto it so much. But yeah, I think...
00:45:28
Holmesy
I think you go, he's got enough money on his head that you can do some pretty cool stuff with that if if you've got the option to trade him. So I'd i'd be looking to get off him.
Future Prospects & Closing Remarks
00:45:36
Holmesy
Sam, and i'll I'll stick with you just for our final two players. Our two highly owned forwards that were pretty poor on the weekend. So I'm talking about Riley Sanders and Hugo Garcia. Sanders admittedly saved it, but um that was looking pretty dismal there for a while.
00:45:50
Holmesy
Are they two players that you'd look to pivot to get down to some of these rookies slash mid-priced good options that we've been talking about?
00:45:58
Sam
Yeah, so I'll start with Garcia. The big knock on him and the reason he scored poorly was the time on ground. So he only just had 60% time on ground.
00:46:09
Sam
Even in that time, he still had 13 centre bounces, five clearances. um i'm I'm happy to hold and watch him again. um You know, I think it was Hunter Clark and Marcus Windhager who can obviously run through there as well. And Clark started as the sub. So, look, there is a little flag there.
00:46:30
Sam
um And he's one that if um you did have a good team, um then maybe he is one you can trade out. Maybe there's a little bit too much risk there now.
00:46:42
Sam
Louis, did you want to build on that?
00:46:45
Lew
No, ah you covered it. I was just going to say it was a pretty tight rotation on the weekend. We saw Jack McRae, 80% CBAs, Jack Steel, 86%, which is sort of what we expected. And then it drops off to Garcia at 37%. And then following that is Clark, who is the sub, and Winhager, who was in there tagging. So um it's an interesting midfield mix that I think Hugo Garcia probably gets a little bit more opportunity and, um,
00:47:12
Lew
the The TOG was a concern, but his game wasn't too bad, didn't think. I thought he was like okay.
00:47:19
Sam
Yeah, I mean, I would...
00:47:19
Holmesy
Harmi, sorry, Sam, i was just saying Harmi will love this, but in what world is Zach Jones still coming back and playing time in that 22?
00:47:20
Sam
ah Yeah, I was just going to say, i'd hope that...
00:47:28
Holmesy
Like, what is Ross doing?
00:47:31
Sam
Yeah, you're spot on, Holmes. Yeah, I mean, I hope that he kind of moves to the sub role and Hunter Clark gets more of a run out run at it. um they ah Clearly, they have to start playing some young players and i wouldn't I don't see the point in...
00:47:46
Sam
you know, now dropping Hugo Garcia or starting him as the sub. um Yeah, so I am still confident he gets a good run at it, ah particularly after what we saw in the preseason.
00:47:57
Sam
And then the other one is um Sanders. So, God. Just bevoed. Absolutely bevoed. I mean, we um it's we saw how good it looked in the preseason. And, God, I think Harms was running in there at some points, but then he didn't really get a run at all in the middle on the weekend. But the one that popped was obviously matt Kennedy. He had, what, 14 centre bounces, which was the same as Sanders.
00:48:24
Sam
And now he's sharing it with with Joel Frazier. Look, again... Knowing what Sanders can do when he gets the right role, I want to look at it one more time. um And i've got other I've got bigger fish to fry in my team, so to speak. But again, if you were had a really nice team, um then maybe he's one that you could look to to drop, um knowing that Treloar's probably not too far away now.
00:48:49
Sam
um And you know he may not have the plum role that we thought he was going to have.
00:48:55
Holmesy
Lou, do you have any extra thoughts to to build on that before we wrap up?
00:48:59
Lew
Yeah, I'd probably lean to to holding him a week, but I don't like the fact that you're not sure whether he's going to be an M3 or an M5 in that side week to week with with time sort of closing in on Bont and Treloar.
00:49:14
Holmesy
Yep. Beautiful. So listeners, we don't have any time to get to some questions today. We'll be back with them next week. But just a reminder that we have partnered with Q Platforms in 2025 to help answer your questions. So if you would like to help support the PodPod for a small fee, um you can submit those questions um and we will provide you with a fully personalized audio response.
00:49:34
Holmesy
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00:49:46
Holmesy
um Helping us out would be greatly appreciated, but then we can help you with your questions as well. Boys, thanks for jumping on. As usual, really appreciate it. Lou, why don't you give the listeners just one closing thought as we wrap up round one and head into round two, which is almost one of the most important rounds of the year.
00:50:04
Lew
ah Don't panic, just um sort of keep an an open mind and look at your look at your team and what sort of weak points you think are there. Identify them and then identify a way to to try and fix them. It's um probably an oversimplification, but it's not rocket science either. So ah think as long as you're sensible over the next week and and you identify that um relatively correctly, it should hold you in good stead.
00:50:31
Holmesy
When have AFL fantasy coaches ever been sensible? I know I haven't. Sam, what's your closing thoughts for ah this round coming up?
00:50:40
Sam
Well, Kyle, I'll just remind all the listeners that no one has won the competition from inside the top 10,000 after round one. So Louis and 10,000 other coaches have ruled themselves out and you and I are right within striking distance of the highlights.
00:50:55
Holmesy
That is exactly the stat that I want to hear. Sammy? As always, make sure you're following us on X at PodPod AFL. I'm at HolmesesHeroes. Lou, where are you up to?
00:51:08
Lew
ah Louis AF, I think.
00:51:11
Holmesy
Beautiful. and And Sam, we've got an update. Have you have you passed 100 followers yet?
00:51:16
Sam
At Gorillaz03 and 46 followers and counting, but rising rapidly.
00:51:23
Holmesy
That's what we like to hear. Guys, make sure you're subscribed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your content. We'll be back next week for another round two review. A big fantasy season ahead. We're pumped.
00:51:36
Holmesy
We'll see you then. Bye.