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Introduction & AFL Fantasy Classic Discussion
00:00:18
Holmesy
G'day and welcome to the Pod Pod. It's Holmesy here talking all things AFL Fantasy Classic on Monday, the 21st of July. We are coming up to round 20. We have five rounds to go Some of the panel members are holding on for dear life, but I am very appreciative that they are here today.
00:00:34
Lew
Thank
00:00:36
Holmesy
We have a full panel on deck, which is really good to see. And as always, I'll start with two-time top 10 finisher and runner-up in 2019. John Harmy, good to see you mate off the back of a lot of footy that I know you watched on the weekend.
00:00:51
Holmesy
How you?
00:00:52
Jon Harmey
Yes, I'm going pretty well, thanks. Host, Homesy, number 25 in the world. um ah Look, yeah, well, I haven't been able to watch as much footy, but my nose are going okay. So that's the positive in that scenario. But yeah, I don't know. like I guess a a fairly mediocre scoring round for me. Just go on.
00:01:13
Holmesy
Yeah, we'll
Potential Roofed Stadium in Tasmania
00:01:14
Holmesy
we'll get to that, Harmi. But before I do, I've just got a question as our as our local Tassie boy and and watching a bit of of that game, Hawks and Port Adelaide down in Tassie.
00:01:25
Holmesy
yeah Are we any closer to getting a stadium with a roof or is that what we can expect to see in 2028 with the Tassie team coming in with that weather?
00:01:33
Jon Harmey
You mean at the Gabba when it was pissing down the night before? Is that what you mean? Like, honestly, what are you going to do? Force every club to have a roofed stadium? It's just a ridiculous concept, AFL. They've just blackmailed Tassie into that one. But, yep, I believe there's going to be a roofed stadium, mate.
00:01:50
Jon Harmey
I should also say that the the AFL have made this demand, yet are chipping in next to nothing for it, just so you know.
00:01:50
Holmesy
Beautiful.
00:01:59
Holmesy
It's what they do, the old AFL, and I can't wait for there to be a 19th and 20th team in the comp and have the talent even further diluted. It's
Weekend Experiences & Social Media Activities
00:02:08
Holmesy
going to be fantastic. And we do have Louis on deck, the perennial top 1K finisher on on track again to finish there, Louis.
00:02:15
Holmesy
How are you?
00:02:17
Lew
Yeah, not too bad boys. ah Good to be on. Apologies to the listeners, I'm a little bit sick so hopefully my voice isn't too annoying but keen to touch base and talk a bit of fantasy as we get towards the ah skinny end and hopefully we can get you a hat, Holmesy. You're absolutely flying at the moment, mate.
00:02:38
Holmesy
this ah this weekend getaway that you had, was it a nice, relaxing, romantic getaway with just you and Geordie DeSena going over your 2025 review and and getting your 2026 watch list all set up, ready to go?
00:02:48
Sam
Yeah.
00:02:51
Lew
Yeah, well, if that was the case, I can tell you there'd be a whole lot more footy that was watched on the weekend. But no, I was ah up in one of our wine regions in SA, McLaren Vale, on a nice little trip away over the weekend. So unfortunately, I didn't get to consume any football, which was little bit therapeutic. I could just sort of...
00:03:11
Lew
ah zone out and check my phone afterwards and see what players score and it came to be that it was probably probably a good thing because I did have some stinkers during the over the weekend
00:03:23
Sam
What are you, Lou? A bit of a Shiraz man or what's your what's your preferred blend, your preferred drop?
00:03:28
Lew
yeah no definitely a bit of a heavier tasting Shiraz for me that's that's my goal i don't mind ah a port or a musket either
00:03:37
Sam
Good man.
00:03:37
Holmesy
Beautiful. And yeah, so you've just heard his voice. The listeners will be very happy that we have Sam on deck again this week, mate, after a big week in draft that's probably not for this podcast, a bit of ah a bit of controversy going on in our, probably the craziest draft league in the universe. But mate, how are you?
00:03:57
Sam
Yeah, very good, Holmesy. um Big week on Twitter for me as well. had to Had to sell the um so the listeners on on who the new F1 was after missing the podcast last week.
00:04:10
Holmesy
Oh, okay. we We actually have to address this. so Louis, you'll appreciate this. so Sam comes into my DMs on Saturday night going on about, you know, some of the Twitter nuffies that he sees and and the questions that they ask and things like that.
00:04:25
Holmesy
And then what does Sam do Sunday morning? Puts up his photo of Jack Ross, tags all of the DT Talk boys. Yeah.
00:04:35
Lew
You know what you've got to do?
00:04:36
Holmesy
ah
00:04:36
Lew
You've got to reply to that tweet too and make make sure that you tag everybody else again and just keep that threat going.
00:04:45
Sam
boys i'm just trying to build the brand you know fresh face on the pod pod obviously going pretty well this year i'm just trying to help build the brand you know
00:04:45
Holmesy
ah you
Fantasy Performances Analysis
00:04:56
Holmesy
Yeah, mate.
00:04:56
Holmesy
Yeah, we we we do appreciate it. just thought that a bit of accountability on the pod there, Sam, just just needed to to alert Harmi.
00:05:04
Lew
Mate, you're doing well, Sammy. just ah ah I think you need to improve your emoticon game a little bit on Twitter, that's all.
00:05:10
Jon Harmey
Sam, why didn't you tell me to get on Jack Ross? I didn't know and now I'm stuck with so much dud instead of him.
00:05:18
Sam
Mate, I couldn't have sung it louder from the rooftops, honestly.
00:05:23
Holmesy
What ah what do I want to know is, Sam, how many DMs did you get into to get reassurance about Jack Ross? And did anyone actually back you in?
00:05:32
Sam
No, the answer to both questions is zero. I was on him on Monday, i was on him on Tuesday, and I was on him come Friday. i was just ah It helps when you've kind of given up, and I was just ready to take a punt.
00:05:46
Sam
I was ready to hit a six.
00:05:47
Lew
Well, so we all, um I'm not sure about you, Holmesy, but I know that Harmy and Sam and I all had to shop in some pretty disgusting forward priced areas.
00:05:56
Jon Harmey
Oh, yeah. That's gross.
00:05:58
Lew
And I was kind of trying to do the opposite of all of you. I just ah just wanted the content. And ah yeah, we I think we all landed on some pretty interesting options. what For you, Harmy, was it Tim Kelly? Tim
00:06:10
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I went with Tim Kelly in the end. I thought having midfield role, he might have scored okay. He didn't. So I'll be looking to, um yeah, hopefully no more injuries this week and I can actually upgrade that spot.
00:06:25
Lew
And Sam was obviously Jack Ross and I was going to i was goingnna back in Mason Wood and um thank God I didn't because he only scored 58. So I ended up going Tim Kelly instead for for a nice 59, which was a positive.
00:06:40
Holmesy
you may You mean Tim Kelly didn't get the job done after his 127 disposal effort for the Waffle Eagle side on the previous week?
00:06:51
Lew
Oh, just look, I thought I'd throw caution to the wind. ah Every single rank outside top 100 pretty much doesn't matter. So you may as well have a dip and if something goes your way, then happy days.
00:07:02
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I think it's worth a stab. i mean I mean, 350,000 down on his average home for the season. So a lot of upside there.
00:07:12
Holmesy
Yeah,
00:07:13
Jon Harmey
Yep.
00:07:13
Holmesy
I picked him in draft. And to be fair, he was on I think he was on 25 at quarter time, ah but then just got moved out of the midfield and and the rest is history. So, yeah, hopefully you guys can ah upgrade that this week, Sam.
00:07:27
Sam
ah Just on the topic of forward trading targets and at DM accountability, got a message from Holmesy at 3.05 on a Saturday afternoon saying, why did I go back to Warner?
00:07:40
Sam
I didn't actually see that message until 5.05, and when I checked AFL's ah scores, the bloke had only pumped out 107.
00:07:42
Jon Harmey
oh
00:07:48
Sam
called desperate coaching.
00:07:50
Holmesy
and Sam, Sam, Sam, quote it properly.
00:07:50
Sam
he called it desperate coach
00:07:53
Jon Harmey
one also so awful
00:07:54
Holmesy
i think I think the exact words were, why the fuck do I have Chad Warner back in my team? Yeah,
00:08:00
Sam
No, must have sent that one to someone else, mate.
00:08:04
Holmesy
yeah yeah, I was a bit worried.
00:08:05
Lew
yeah but You know, just on these forwards, though, that back end is pretty disgusting.
00:08:05
Holmesy
But yeah, this... this
00:08:10
Lew
It feels like there's probably four players that you could make a case for is going to be, you know, top, you know five to to six forward just on any given week at the moment.
00:08:12
Jon Harmey
Mm-hmm.
00:08:22
Holmesy
Yeah, and we're we're going to get into it, Lou, after we do our round review. But I think I heard on Selby's podcast shout-out, I think you said Jack McRae might be the only forward in the last three rounds that's actually averaging above 90. Like, they have they have dropped hard. So whatever coach can figure out, you know, the best way to move forward over the last five weeks might be able to get a leg up. But we'll we'll get there, Lou. Why don't you give us your score for the week and your Stato and Dossie picks?
00:08:49
Lew
Yeah, so I scored the um twenty one ninety two which blew my rank out a little bit to 8-0-9. So im I'm starting to get a little bit too close to those four digits. So I might need to rein in the loose picks a little bit.
00:09:02
Lew
But starting off my weekend, I'll go the Stato pick of the week, and it's Lockie Whitfield. And it's actually because I gave him the captaincy on Thursday night.
00:09:11
Jon Harmey
Mm-hmm.
00:09:12
Lew
And believe it or not, that wasn't intentional. I rolled in with the Grundy BC and... I did click the C onto Dawson um on the Thursday afternoon and apparently it didn't register on the game. So unfortunately, ah I'd missed out on the Grundy VC, but I did get Lockie Whitfield come through with 109, which was quite nice because I've had a little bit of a rough run on the straight C so far this season.
00:09:39
Lew
And I'll give my...
00:09:40
Holmesy
Surely, hang on, Luke.
00:09:41
Lew
ye
00:09:42
Holmesy
Surely you um you messaged Warnie on Twitter, you tagged him um asking for AFL Fantasy HQ to honour your captaincy on Dawson because it couldn't have been your fault.
00:09:53
Holmesy
That happened, right?
00:09:54
Lew
Yeah, I tagged all the DT boys, slid into their DMs, asked all the content creators to retweet and share, but no, it was no good. So i had to roll in with that one. um Could have been a whole lot worse, though.
Controversial Trading Strategy
00:10:08
Lew
I think, what was it, a 19 or something off Lockie Whitfield C a couple of weeks ago. So...
00:10:14
Lew
Went back to that well, but dossie pick of the week is obviously Tim Kelly for his 59. Like I said, I think um every sort of rank outside 100 doesn't really matter. So you may as well have a dip and see how high you can get.
00:10:28
Lew
And clearly I was very high because I picked Tim Kelly and that wasn't a great idea. ah probably could have thrown a dart at a dartboard and and picked um some far better players. And in fact,
00:10:41
Lew
I know Jack Ross for you, Sam, was a bit of a unique. I spent a lot of time looking at Sean Manor and had I gone in that direction, I would have been absolutely laughing.
00:10:49
Sam
Oh, wow.
00:10:49
Lew
So it is what it is.
00:10:51
Holmesy
All right, we we got to do – Lou, we got we actually got to do this, Sam, so bear with me. So in our in our draft league, we have a very loose draft league. There's a lot of trading that goes on to screw over other coaches. It's unlike anything you'll ever see.
00:11:04
Holmesy
And the league decided behind my back as commissioner that they were going to screw over um ah one of the coaches this week. So they were all trading with him to to get him over the line so that another guy has to do comedy.
00:11:17
Holmesy
And one of the trades was the guy traded Sean Manor out of his team for Bailey Smith, which meant that he got Bailey Smith 70 and lost Manor's 144, which actually lost him the matchup.
00:11:31
Lew
That's unbelievable. And here we were sitting here last week comparing Bailey Smith and and Brodie Grundy and which direction to go. So hopefully the coaches that went Grundy there got the extra 60 points.
00:11:43
Sam
Hmm.
00:11:44
Holmesy
Beautiful.
Fantasy Team Decisions & Performances
00:11:45
Holmesy
Harmi, how'd you go this week?
00:11:47
Jon Harmey
I got a score of 2213, which was ah basically just held rank exactly. so I'm still sitting at 3373, which isn't amazing. But anyway, um yeah, my Stato pick of the week, I'm going to give it to Grundy, who i i ended up sucking sucking it up and spending all my money and trading him in.
00:12:09
Jon Harmey
But I had also, well, I had VC'd Whitfield, And got a bit gun shy. So I decided to take his captaincy instead of going with Grundy, which everybody else had Grundy.
00:12:22
Jon Harmey
So I was pretty happy with him in that last quarter to hardly touch the ball and to still get the 129. So it only cost me 20 points. um And yeah, my dossie pick of the week off, just those forwards, it's it's just no good, is it? So I'll i'll give it to Baz Smith for his 70.
00:12:41
Jon Harmey
I mean, this is a guy that was putting up 140s for fun only a month ago, so he's quite clearly hampered by something, I think.
00:12:50
Lew
Did he get any attention during that game, boys, or was that just a one out of the box?
00:12:56
Holmesy
Yeah, I didn't watch it. I didn't watch it close enough. well i I didn't really watch any of that game. um Garcia was actually a laid out, Lou. He got removed the day before. I just think Saints are actually quite a tough matchup at the moment. um You know, if you look at all the midfield scores against the Saints recently, there hasn't been any really big ones. I mean, Max Holmes went pretty well, um but he was kind of splitting his time midfield half back. So there was a bit of bit of ball there. But yeah, maybe the Saints are just a little bit tougher at the moment, Sam.
00:13:25
Sam
Yeah, they mixed up the CBAs a little bit, the Saints. So Jack McRae had a bit of a drop-off. I think he also got hurt a bit during during that game. ah But the the big one is Wintager. So they're not really tagging with Windy anymore. He's kind of starting on the wing and then he's got this licence to join in at this at the stoppage. So if you were worried about tags with Windy, I mean, who knows what Ross the boss is going to do every week. But...
00:13:52
Sam
um Yeah, for now, hasn't been a tag. Windy hasn't tagged for a few weeks now.
00:13:57
Jon Harmey
Yeah, well, actually what happened was Dempsey started like a house on fire and Winhagger went to his wing to try and nullify him a bit towards the end of the first quarter.
00:14:08
Sam
Yeah, right.
00:14:09
Jon Harmey
Yeah.
00:14:10
Holmesy
yeah Beautiful. Sam, how'd you go this week?
00:14:14
Sam
Yeah, pretty good. i I got what I thought was gonna be a par or even slightly better with 2-2-4-3, but ended up regressing slightly So probably about 20 spots, I think, to about 295.
00:14:29
Sam
um Stato pick of the week. I mean, jeez, I've already ah've already posted it everywhere on Twitter. It's it's Jack Ross.
00:14:36
Jon Harmey
Thank you.
00:14:36
Sam
It's just 100% Jack Ross. Not even in my wildest dreams did I think he was going to turn. I'd actually convinced myself he was going to pump out a 30 and be sub-tactically. But, yeah, just ah just a jet, just an absolute jet.
00:14:50
Sam
um Also, shout-out to Nick Dacos. ah 162 points holy hat ah this guy's been on a really good run post his bye he's had one one's bad score against the Suns and he's got Richmond next week so he's on ah he's on a bit of a tear and he's hunting a brown though I think
00:15:08
Lew
Is that his career high score, 162?
00:15:12
Sam
I have not checked gotta be close
00:15:12
Holmesy
Yeah.
00:15:15
Holmesy
Yep. Bit of a role change as well. I think it's more management. You know, they spoke during the week that they want to manage him and he doesn't want to stop playing, but he played a lot more half back than he has this year.
00:15:27
Holmesy
He only had the 40% CBAs. He was taking kick-ins. It seemed like especially a lot in that first quarter, he was playing more defense. So, um Yeah, look, he was incredible. Sam, shout out, Fremantle Dockers going to the MCG, knocking off the premiership favourites by one point, far out.
00:15:40
Sam
ha ha
00:15:44
Holmesy
that was ah That was a good watch in that last...
00:15:44
Sam
Book the bus, Holmesie. Book the bus. JL in. I've always said JL in.
00:15:52
Lew
I did actually catch the last two minutes of that game. So that was a ah ah good little highlight to to tune in and see. And yeah, just for the listeners, 162, the highest score that Nick Dacos has scored in his career so far.
00:16:05
Sam
There you go
00:16:06
Holmesy
Yeah, that was incredible. Boys, I had a 22.90, which...
00:16:11
Sam
Well, hang on, hang on. Sorry, Holmesy, Holmesy. I need to vent on my dossie pick of the week. I need this guy just to feel a rocket.
00:16:17
Holmesy
ah
00:16:20
Sam
ah George Hewitt, oh, my God. 53. I think he had one tackle or zero tackles. This is a guy that was recording eight tackles a game at the to start the year. Oh, I tell you what, if you've if you're one of those three coaches that have got him in in your team like me, seriously consider trading him out because that was that was pathetic.
00:16:40
Jon Harmey
Thank you.
00:16:41
Sam
All right, you can go now, Holmesy.
00:16:44
Holmesy
and he's got to go. has got to go. i can't.
00:16:47
Sam
Yeah, he's gone. He's shadow-realmed. He is shadow-realmed.
00:16:49
Lew
Jack Ross has done you a massive favor there.
00:16:49
Holmesy
Yeah. What was it? Was it the week before when he was on 50 odd at three quarter time and he ended up saving it to a ton. And we, we said it's bought him another week, but it shouldn't. And, uh, Yeah, he has to go As I said before, I had the 2290, which it was a bit above par. um I moved from 32 up into 25, which was good. And my Stato pick, even though Sam gave me a bit of shit for it off the top of the pot, I am going to give it to Chad Warner. It was a bit of a nervous trading week, having to buy into a forward. We didn't want to buy into any.
00:17:23
Holmesy
um you know Luke Parker was thrown around. you know Did I want to dabble in an Isaac Rankin, Sam Darcy area, but Chad Warner 107. Yeah, that was that was very pleasing to see. Does have GWS this week, which is going to be a bit tougher, but then he goes into Essendon. So if he can go at 95 over that the next sort of three weeks, um that's going to be a good pick for me. And yeah, he's a bit of a nervous zone at times. He goes quiet, but he does score in bursts, which can be a good thing.
00:17:53
Holmesy
My Dossie Pick of the Week, I'm actually just going to give it to the so the coaches again. So the taggers with the old cheat tag, that tag on Zach Butters by Finn McGuinness. Hawks haven't tagged all year except against Port Adelaide, um and and Butters got the old cheat tag. And then Noel Randerson was going well, and and Adelaide decided to tag for the first time this year and and sent Chase Jones to him for another and another cheat tag. So...
00:18:19
Holmesy
I suppose the 23rd premium might have to be a play at some time soon because I thought the tags were going to die off towards the end of the year. But ah even if an Adelaide's going to tag and a Richmond's going to tag, then who knows? We might start to see a few more of these random ones throughout the rest of the season.
00:18:36
Holmesy
All right, boys, let's get straight into our strategy chat through our hot
Injury Impacts on Fantasy Choices
00:18:40
Holmesy
topics. The first one I'm going to throw to you, Lou, being our Port Adelaide man, Connor Rosey. The article came out today that he's still going to be touch and go for this week against Adelaide. Now, you would think that he's going to try and get up for the showdown knowing that it's it's Ken's last showdown.
00:18:56
Holmesy
They do need to finish strong, but in the back of my mind, they did mismanage him last year and that looked horrendous. Gut feel, Lou, do you think he's going to get up? And if he does get up, is it still a play for coaches to sort of trade off him knowing that it's a tough tough game against Adelaide and he's he's clearly hampered? Or do you think you just hold him and and play through it?
00:19:17
Lew
um I think he will play, but for coaches in a luxurious position that don't have any other forced trades or or players that are massively underperforming, he's probably one that you can look to potentially move on as a bit of a point of difference.
00:19:32
Lew
I think a lot of coaches held last week. um And you're right, there's there's every chance that he does come back a little bit underdone. But that being said, um you know, the injury obviously to his hand, it's not going to affect his fitness too much.
00:19:46
Lew
It may um may result in, you know, maybe a little bit less marking. But I think that Connor Rose has proven throughout this season that his floor has been quite high and he's not playing in, you know, a particularly strenuous role.
00:19:53
Holmesy
Yes.
00:20:00
Lew
it's It is across halfback. And if he is, a little bit underdone then perhaps um it's you know an even cozier halfback role so for me I'm going to be holding I don't really have a choice um I think the coaches that are a little bit upset by it if he is injured it's it's probably a bit of a sunk cost now and I think you know if you can cover that with a McCarthy or that 23rd premium that's probably the direction I'd be headed in but As I said, and if you if you've got the um ability to do it and jump off and you want to find a point of difference, he's certainly one that's, you know, calling.
00:20:38
Holmesy
Luke, now I was you know potentially, now probably not, but looking at maybe looping a Lockie Whitfield this week, knowing that he's got the the James Jordan tag coming up. He's been okay against Jordan recently, but he has had some 40s, 50s and 60s over the journey. and I think I saw the stats somewhere that um Jordan's gone to him on the last seven games.
00:20:59
Holmesy
Do you think with Rosie, they'll give him every chance to play, which means he could be laid out? Do you think that makes looping in the in the defensive line a bit too risky this week?
00:21:07
Lew
Yeah, do you know what? I'd say so. I think they will give Rosie every chance to play. And just being a showdown, obviously ultra competitive, there might be a little bit of funny buggers in terms of selection too, where he is actually named and then um is a late out just before the game, just to throw out the sort of oppo analysis a bit. So...
00:21:26
Lew
Yeah, I would be avoiding that, I think, and just and just wearing the Whitfield or potentially having a trade up your sleeve to be able to jump off of a Connor Rosey if need be later on in the weekend.
00:21:40
Holmesy
Harmi, I'll throw to you for this next one. Now, with the Tristan Cherry suspension last week, um many coaches like pretty much all of us on the pod here went to Brodie Grundy, but for coaches that already had Grundy, a popular move was to swing Luke Jackson into R2, knowing that maybe they didn't want to go a Max Gorn or they just wanted to wait another week to see who the R2 was that they wanted to target. Do you think this week,
00:22:06
Holmesy
coaches need to jump ASAP off Luke Jackson back into the forward line to get um a Ruckman or do you think they can get away with it for for a little while yet? What do you think? What's your gut feel there?
00:22:17
Jon Harmey
Depends who they brought in in the forward line to shift Jackson across. If they brought in a Tim Kelly type, then, yep, good idea to shift him out. But um if they had brought in a premium, someone, well, you wouldn't have done it last week, but a Matt Kennedy type, I don't think there really is that urgency to rush Jackson back to the forward line because you would have to have a premium ruck um to bring in and if you as using your example already had grundy who would it be to be max or marshall i expect so yeah it depends if the four they've got there can score equally with those two guys
00:22:59
Lew
but Max, Marshall, English, they're three guys that are going to score more than some of the forwards that we've been talking about already. I just think that there's a large gap between um between the ruckmen and the forwards and ahd I'd be wanting to get off of the seven forward structure and and get in a ruck pretty much ASAP.
00:23:20
Sam
Yeah, i'm I'm with Lou as well. I think there's more ceiling there for the rucks. The one thing I would say is ah maybe you can get away with it for one more week. You've got LJ playing the Eagles. You'd think he's going to turn up in that game.
00:23:32
Sam
And the ruck that I like for you to swing into is probably Marshall. He's got a great run home other than this week coming where he plays Max. so if you're in that difficult position, I like LJ for one more week against the Eagles and then launch into Marshall next week.
00:23:50
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose, Sam, it's you're not looking at what Jackson can do against those rucks, though. You're looking at what your... Because if you've got Jackson at R2, that means you've got seven forwards, right? So you're really looking at what that seventh forward will do against the ruck.
00:24:04
Sam
ye Yeah, I'm fine.
00:24:05
Lew
He's got Jack Ross though.
00:24:05
Holmesy
think you've got to do it. You've got to do it ASAP. um
00:24:11
Sam
Other coaches might not be because they don't own Jack Ross. So, you know.
00:24:15
Holmesy
Yeah, no, that's fair. And you don't own Jackson either, do you, Sam, actually?
00:24:19
Sam
no No, I'm not a Jackson owner and it's been hard watching him. So maybe there's been a little bit of a reprieve over the last couple of weeks. But yeah, he's been good. He's been very good at footy and very good at fantasy.
00:24:32
Holmesy
yeah Yeah, he's actually not going that well from a fantasy perspective over his last three. His role's definitely changed. um Now that Darcy's a bit fitter, that they're liking him to do more X-factor stuff around the ground.
00:24:43
Holmesy
And ah would actually i would assume now that Hayden Young's coming back into the side, we might get one more week of of Hayden Young being managed through this game against the Eagles, and then he's going to be a full-time midfielder, and then you're going to see Jackson a lot more forward.
00:24:44
Sam
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:56
Holmesy
And and pushing around the ground so you're not you're not trading off Luke Jackson um but yeah I don't think you want him to be your for too much longer and Sam I want you to go over this next part so talking strategy and what we're looking to do with trades this week is it as simple at the moment in terms of just going one down one up and trying to get your worst premium on field up to a up to a gun or do you think there's something else we need to consider what are you thinking about
00:24:57
Sam
yeah
00:25:24
Sam
um No, I still am firmly in that
Securing Must-Have Fantasy Players
00:25:26
Sam
basket. I think ah over the last kind of four or five weeks, I've been harping on about the must-haves in each line. um And, you know, last week, for example, Kennedy had a 30 and Nazair had a 70 or something.
00:25:40
Sam
um But then this week proves how much you need those two guys. Like Kennedy punching out 100 in the forward line is is hugely valuable. And Nazair going 150 is, I mean, he's just unbelievable at the moment. So, yeah, my like my – My advice would be if you don't have those must-have guys, just get them.
00:25:58
Sam
um Just get those guys in each line. you know There's probably two, three, or four in each line. If you've got them all locked away, then maybe you get a bit creative.
00:26:08
Lew
I did hear Matt Kennedy was sick last week too, so that that probably explains 30%.
00:26:12
Sam
There you go. Yeah.
00:26:14
Holmesy
Yeah, i was I was a bit nervous on Matt Kennedy in that first quarter against Brisbane, but once he got up to up to speed of play, he was back doing Matt Kennedy things. And despite his high break even, I'd be very happy to jump into him this week.
00:26:27
Holmesy
All right, what I'd like to do is just talk about some of these highly owned players in the the top 1,000 and whether or not it's a chance to sort of jump off. Now, the caveat being there's a number of forward line players that I'm going to sort of talk about here. And with the forwards, it's only really a play, I think, to jump off a forward if you've got DPP to be um bringing in another player, whether that be a ruck or a midfield. I don't think at this stage you're looking to go from a forward to another forward because they're so up and down.
00:26:57
Holmesy
I think maybe the play might be eventually to to getting a 23rd premium. That means you can loop in the forward line. But if you've got DPP, let's talk about some of these players. So, Harmi, I'll start with you. First player I've got is Christian Petrarca, who is 83% owned in the top 1,000.
00:27:12
Holmesy
Last three of 82. Up and down like a yo-yo. Melbourne's struggling to finish off the year. What do you think about a Christian Petrarca?
00:27:21
Jon Harmey
I've actually been pretty surprised to see the low scores that he has been putting up. um But look, I think that with the Saints and Eagles and then Bulldogs, Hawks, I think, jeez, I'd probably be inclined to hold.
00:27:37
Jon Harmey
Yeah, I mean, he's still in the CBAs and stuff, isn't he? He's just, they are going poorly and he's not going well himself.
00:27:45
Holmesy
Thank you.
00:27:45
Sam
Yeah, um I'm with you, Harmy. And like he's gone 170, 170. ah hundred seventy a hundred seventy So he's still got the ability to hit a ton. um ah Like you said, Holmes, if you're just pivoting forwards around, i I don't really know who you go to um unless you're missing a Bailey Smith for some reason.
00:28:03
Holmesy
Louis, Colby McEacher has pretty much topped out in price as it stands. He's really highly owned. A lot of coaches have got on. So 78% last three of 95, but that does include the 129 ceiling game that he had. And that's kind of out of the box. He's had an 80 and a 70 in his last two, starting to get a bit more attention.
00:28:24
Holmesy
So is Colby McEacher someone that coaches could look to get off if they're if they can get him up to a genuine 105, 110 premium?
00:28:32
Lew
Yeah, absolutely. I think most coaches, when they brought in Colby McKercher, knew that he was most likely going to be a stepping stone to something greater. And as you said, Holmes, he's done his job and then some, I think. And yeah, if if I was a Colby McKercher owner, I'd probably be looking to get him up just to someone who's a little bit more bona fide week in, week out. You know, think of your Zorko types.
00:28:56
Lew
and and you know whitfield and so and so so yeah for me i think i'd be comfortable moving him on but as um as you said he is going at 95 it's not particularly burning a a hole in your team unless uh unless you've got a seriously good team so it's one you you could possibly kick down the road for a little bit further
00:29:17
Holmesy
Well, here's i'll I'll throw you two names, Lou, as two players that are kind of in a similar boat and you tell me whether you trade them out before you trade out a Colby McKercher. So Callum Mills.
00:29:28
Lew
ah What are his kick-ins looking like, Callum Mills?
00:29:32
Holmesy
ah To the eye, I don't have the stats on me, but to the eye, it looked like Blakey took yeah blake you took a lot more on the weekend.
00:29:34
Lew
I just had a look now. So he had the two. Yeah. Yeah, I think that Mills is maybe a man without a role. And as we said at the start of the year, he can be Mr. Fix-It just because he is that um player that can sort of spread across every single line. So um hasn't really skyrocketed in price like some coaches were hoping and hasn't really reflected in fantasy scoring either.
00:29:59
Lew
ah Yeah, I think I'd move that on.
00:30:03
Holmesy
Yep, so Mills before Colby. What about Adam Chera? Still 29% owned. Last three of 86, Carlton struggling. Would you trade Chera before any of those two?
00:30:15
Lew
Yeah, think I would ah think I would trade Mills ahead of Chera. We have seen that Chera's been able to put together some decent scoring blocks throughout this season, despite going into a few lulls.
00:30:29
Lew
I don't think that the midfield is as deep as what it has been in previous seasons. So that's another one that perhaps you could delay a little bit longer. But um that being said, we do know that there's some...
00:30:43
Lew
Nice midfielders that we can pick from in that sort of million dollar range that are probably going to produce, you know, 20, 25 points better than Adam Chera when they're in form. So um I think I would have it Mills, McKercher, Chera.
00:30:59
Holmesy
And the last one, Lou, before I go to some of the other hosts here, are Sam Doherty.
Player Position Changes & Impacts
00:31:04
Holmesy
Now, admittedly, I haven't watched the last few Carlton games, but what I'm hearing is that he's playing more on a wing now.
00:31:11
Holmesy
He's got a last three of 77. Is he the most urgent trade out out of those four?
00:31:17
Lew
Yeah, I think so. I've been saying it for weeks now, but as we get closer to the end of the season, it's it's still looking like Carlton's season is cooked. I mean, they're not going to play finals and they were pretty open at the start of the year that Sam Docherty is going to help with more of a transitional um you know period for the Blues and and who's coming through in terms of wingmen and and halfbackers. So i think that, yeah, potentially he can be one that is omitted over the next few weeks. And if you've got a couple of plans that you're cooking up to improve your side and that one comes at you on a Thursday night, that might be yeah and might set you back a week.
00:31:53
Holmesy
Yeah, I suppose the one thing I will say with Doherty, if you still have him and it comes out during the week that it's going to be his sort of ah retirement game and they let him go to half back for one last game, I think you probably want to to have him for that sort of potential ceiling game in his last. But um outside of that, I agree he has to go.
00:32:12
Holmesy
Harmi, I'll throw you two forwards. Now, we did say it's hard to trade out of a forward if you don't have DPP, but Sam Darcy, 23% owned, and Isaac Rankin, 22% owned. Sam Darcy's been a little bit disappointing now that he's copying so much attention from sides structuring up against him, and and Isaac Rankin now out of the CBA rotation and and playing purely forward.
00:32:35
Holmesy
Are these two players urgent trade-outs? I mean, would you still feel better trading and an Isaac Rankin or a Darcy up to a McRae, Petrarca, Kennedy type if you don't have them? Or do you think that's a wasted trade?
00:32:48
Jon Harmey
Well, as with all of these guys, Holmesy, I think it depends on who you're trading them to and who you can get to. um To be honest, I think that Sam... Like, I was never really a big Sam Darcy trade-in fan, but have a look at it now. He's got Essendon, our back line is a rabble.
00:33:11
Jon Harmey
GWS, Jeremy Cameron, what did kick? Six on him or something last week. Melbourne, no Stephen May, he's gone. West Coast, Frio, like, there I mean, things are lining up for Sam Darcy to actually have ah have a good month. so perhaps I would trade out Rankin first if I had a a choice because when he was scoring well this season was when he was in the midfield and he's not anymore. Certainly won't be with Rochelle out, I don't think. so But I don't know if either of them are really an urgent trade out for you.
00:33:46
Lew
I think Sam Taylor might be back for that GWS matchup as well, Harmi. I think he was touch and go this week. Or last week, rather.
00:33:56
Holmesy
Yeah, Sam, looked like you're going to say something. The one thing I will say about Sam Darcy is for for coaches that have good team value and are at the top hunting, he could be that perfect seventh forward where you try and loop him from the bench.
00:34:10
Holmesy
Bulldogs have a few early games. If he can get you a 110 off the bench, so that means you can bench a Rankin or a Caleb Daniel or one of those players, I think that could be a play, Harmi. Yeah.
00:34:21
Jon Harmey
Would you rather have Sam Darcy as your F7 or Tim Kelly, Holmesy? Asking for a friend.
00:34:31
Holmesy
I'd rather have Jack Ross as my F1 if we're going down that.
00:34:34
Sam
Correct. Correct answer.
00:34:36
Sam
Correct answer.
00:34:37
Lew
So Holmesy, it sounds like you're pretty staunchly um in the camp of if you're going to have a 23rd premium, it needs to be in that forward line.
00:34:45
Holmesy
I just... ah I kind of think that way. I mean, you've got the, you've got the, the midfielders that are getting tagged and that, that could really be a ah good way to get a leg up, but you know, there's nothing wrong with, you know, if you've got seven forwards, you know, if you get a, if you get a a ceiling score out of a Sam Darcy, and then that means you can fling a, you know, a Bailey Smith into the midfield and, and have a look at a, um you know, a merit tag or a butters tag, then it could be a good way to get a leg up and, know,
00:35:16
Holmesy
and making sure that you're not copying one of these filthy rookie scores. Like Lohman scored well on the weekend, but you wouldn't want to be relying on him to come on field too often. I had Ashton Moyer for a 67, but that's a 30 or a 40 any other given week. So I think there it could be a play for a seventh forward.
00:35:33
Holmesy
I just think you've got to get your 22 more solid first before you look at it. But i I'm not going to lie. Sam Darcy trading this week to be my seventh forward is something that I i will look at just because of his ceiling potential.
00:35:45
Holmesy
um because there there there are these forwards that are putting up 60 and 70, and that could be a good sort of 30, 40-point swing on any given week, which is quite valuable at the top. Boys, let's talk about some targets for the run home now before we get into the listener questions. i I did just want to highlight that there are some teams with good midfield runs to come. So St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, and Frio have ah the best DVP midfield runs, um courtesy of Marrera's Magic. If you don't have his...
00:36:15
Holmesy
um Website subscription. I highly recommend that moving forward as he's got some elite tools. And a lot of the good runs really just coincide with getting teams that are playing a combination of ah Richmond, West Coast, North Melbourne, Essendon on the run home.
00:36:30
Holmesy
I suppose the first one, Lou, I'll go to you. Jack Steele, very lowly owned. What is it? 7% in the top thousand. Has a last three of 128. Really tackling his way to some monster scores at the moment. He's not cheap, but he does have the run of all runs. Could you look at Jack Steele?
00:36:46
Lew
Yeah, absolutely. I'm a big fan of Jack Steele in general, but especially with this fixture to come. I think at the start of the year, he just looked a little bit underdone and it's probably been not too uncommon the last few years where he's just had a few loves where he has looked a bit sore, but in the last few weeks, he's been fantastic. And I think establishing that floor with the amount of tackling that he does do and combined with that fixture, Jack Steele could And he probably is at the moment be the ah highest averaging player on the run home.
00:37:20
Holmesy
Yeah, I really like it. it's It's just is quite expensive now. And if you are paying up, it might have an effect on the rest of your squad, Sam.
00:37:29
Sam
was just going add, I get very excited when Jack Steele's marking the ball. We all know he's a prolific tackler, but he's had five, eight and six marks in his last three games. When he gets on the end of a few marks, that's when his scores really kind of touch up into the 120, 130 mark.
00:37:44
Holmesy
Yeah, and that's what St Kilda do against some of the lower sides. They really beat up on them inside the contest, but then get it on the outside as well. I suppose, those Sam, I've already got your opinion on him, so Harmi, I'll go to you.
00:37:57
Holmesy
Nassai Wanganeen-Milera, with the numbers that he's putting up, how many Saints players can we have? Is there a number on too many with the run that they have coming up? Do you just pay up for Nassai now? Yeah.
00:38:08
Jon Harmey
ah Well, out of all of them, it would be Nassai that you would want because, i don't know, they' not they're not that great to any fantasy team, really.
00:38:20
Jon Harmey
But the thing is, is there any taggers coming for Nassai? Let's have look. Melbourne, don't know, Sparrow perhaps.
00:38:26
Holmesy
Yeah, you he will he'll get the Langdon cheat tag this week.
00:38:29
Jon Harmey
Langdon, yeah.
00:38:31
Holmesy
might Might not.
00:38:31
Jon Harmey
North Melbourne.
00:38:34
Sam
Willie, though, like who's who's tagging against St.
00:38:35
Jon Harmey
Richmond.
00:38:37
Sam
Kilda? It's not like Naz has just been good for the last few weeks. He's been good for the whole year and no one has gone near him.
00:38:43
Holmesy
Yeah, Melbourne will though, I think, because Melbourne need to win. Like, they're sides that are beating up on St Kilda when they know they'll win regardless. They're not exactly bothering too much, but at Melbourne, they're desperate.
00:38:56
Sam
I just don't see it. The only time they've rolled out a proper tag this year has been, aside from the one random c Clayton Oliver game, the only other one was Langdon on Dacos. I think it's very player specific.
Valuable Fantasy Picks
00:39:08
Sam
um I could be wrong, but don't see it. I don't see it.
00:39:12
Lew
I think if he plays midfield, he probably does cop the tag, but that ability to drop back into halfback, and if he's getting most of his ball in Saints defensive 50, I think Melbourne would take that. so um But yeah, if if you were going to ask me whether or not to bring Nassai Wanganir Miller in, off just do it.
00:39:27
Holmesy
He was, yeah.
00:39:31
Lew
it's ah It's painful not owning him.
00:39:32
Holmesy
Yeah.
00:39:34
Lew
And just as a side note, um fellas, as we're looking at this fixture for the Saints, is Rowan Marshall post um Melbourne a serious option? He has ah Cherryless North Melbourne, then goes into Richmond against Nank, who gives up plenty of points, ah Essendon, who don't have a Ruckman, and then the Giants up against Brigsey.
00:39:57
Holmesy
Look, he is, Lou, in a perfect world. the The only flag at the moment is his CBAs have dropped from high 80s down to about 70 with Max Heath in the side. it's not a It's not a pure ruck share, but it's it's more than a share that he's had before.
00:40:13
Holmesy
Like he he normally goes 140, 150 against Geelong, no problem. And the fact that he only scraped to a ton is a little bit concerning, but you are right. He's someone that I've looked to to potentially trade off, but I'm not sure he could do that with the no cherry North Melbourne match coming up.
00:40:31
Holmesy
But trading into him, Sam, could you trade into him with any confidence? Probably not this week against Max, right?
00:40:38
Sam
Yeah, I think I mentioned it earlier. ah do like him for those last four games, but I don't know if you go into him um this week against Max, especially with Heath in and the team as well.
00:40:50
Holmesy
Louis, another couple of players that I like. So Caleb Sorong, 8% owned, last three, 100. He's had a few tags, but does have the Eagles and then Carlton coming up. We're we're hunting ceilings at this point in the year.
00:41:03
Holmesy
um I don't mind him. And especially if you can get him this week and then potentially get that 23rd premium so you can have a look at um some tags, that might be a play. ah Josh Dunkley will be a lot more owned this week after what he's done in his last two, but he's only 12% owned.
00:41:21
Holmesy
Dane Zorko, 21% owned, which I was was quite shocked. um We know what Dane Zorko does. Did have a bit of ah an injury concern on the weekend, but... You know, do they manage him coming into finals? I highly doubt it. We've seen pretty much two seasons of Dane Zorko being Dane Zorko.
00:41:37
Holmesy
And then Lockie Whitfield, 55% owned, is quite popular now, but with a James Jordan tag probably coming this week. Is it the week to trade in? I'm not too sure, but do any of those players interest you at all?
00:41:49
Lew
Yeah, a couple of them certainly do. I think Josh Dunkley, a little bit ah just like Jack Steele, that tackle floor is so valuable and we know how good of an accumulator Dunkley can be when he's in form. ah He's going nuts over the last couple of weeks and he's still relatively cheap comparatively. So...
00:42:09
Lew
Josh Dunkley is one that I'd be more than happy to ride on the way home. um Dane Zorko, I think, is as consistent as they come. It's um pretty crazy this year how many times it looks like he might have a quiet game and then and then saves it really well, which probably points to why he's got such a ceiling when he can put it all together.
00:42:30
Lew
I'm not sure about... Caleb Sorong, I think he has to do a lot to produce a decent fantasy score. And because he is so effective on the inside, he he does cop that tag and it seems to be consistent this year. He's not really escaped it at all. um What, 37 touches on the weekend?
00:42:48
Lew
Pretty impressive, but only the 119 despite... probably one of the best games we'll see from any player all year. um So for me, ah nice he's nice and cheap and you're you're probably not going to to be too concerned about paying the 950k price tag if he does dish up a bit of a poorer score.
00:43:07
Lew
ah But for me, I think i'd I'd shop elsewhere. And Lockie Whitfield, I'm a big fan of Lockie Whitfield. He's their main distributor now. I think he's edged out Lockie Ash there, who's just dropped off ever so slightly.
00:43:21
Lew
It's a little bit tough with the Jordan matchup this week, but after that, I think that's one that I'd be happy to launch into in defense.
00:43:29
Holmesy
Yeah, you might be just getting him, I think. even He could still go 90 to 100 with with ah the Jordan tag. You never know him. We've seen with Carnage, sometimes you just need to go early on these players because you might not be able to get them the week after. So yeah, I don't but don't mind Lockie Whitfield. Harmy, you got something to say?
00:43:45
Jon Harmey
Yeah, Whitfield's the one. I mean, out of that list, he's the one you've got to get. He's $920,000. He's um ah he's just so well-priced. And, you know, in that defensive line, I just think he's a must-have.
00:43:59
Sam
Just on Sarong, yeah, don't mind it as a couple-week play, West Coast then Carlton.
00:43:59
Holmesy
Beautiful.
00:44:05
Sam
Probably not getting tagged in either of those, and Carlton are pretty bad at the moment. But I'll definitely have plans to get off because, as Louis said, he's been he's really been feast or famine this year.
00:44:16
Holmesy
Yep, yep, agree with that. Just trying to hunt some ceilings. as As we saw on the weekend, the 166 from um Isaac Heaney, these can be the differentiators that really shoot you up the rankings.
00:44:28
Holmesy
um So just looking to hunt some ceilings. Lads, let's get stuck into some questions. But just a reminder to all the listeners, I know the season's coming to an end. um But if you are hunting a hat, hunting a top 10, or even just trying to push up the ranks, PodPod AFL has still partnered with Q Platforms in 2025 to help answer all of your AFL fantasy questions.
00:44:50
Holmesy
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Strategy for Final Fantasy Rounds
00:45:02
Holmesy
ah The link is in the show description below and we can help you out with those questions. Louis, first one from Bales, good friend of the show. Sorry, thoughts on a sideways trade of Marshall to Gorn.
00:45:16
Holmesy
He can also do dock to Kennedy or do you think it's better to go rookie down and then dock up to an Uber and hold Marshall? So what do you think for Bales?
00:45:25
Lew
I think if it's between Marshall to Gorn and Doc to Kennedy, i' I'm probably the latter. I think there's more points between them every week. And Gorn maybe just hasn't recaptured that form that he had pre-buy, which is reflective of what he did last season as well.
00:45:43
Lew
um i also really like just going a rookie down and Doc up to a steal or dunkley and hold Marshall, I think. um That's probably the winner there. And if you can have some change left over, even better to to set yourself up for the following week.
00:45:59
Holmesy
Yeah, yeah, I like that, Lou. I mean, I've toyed with it, like looking at getting off Marshall this week. the The role isn't fantastic, but you're going to feel sick the week after if for some reason Heath is managed or dropped and then Marshall gets to go solo against ah the...
00:46:15
Holmesy
the ruckless North Melbourne. So yeah, I don't think it's the play to get off Marshall. He did have 90 against Gorn this week. You're probably penciling in a a smaller score, but you never know. He might get that 90 or a hundred and then he could be away to the races. Sam, the next question is from Ben Regan.
00:46:32
Holmesy
For those that have Jackson at r two is it a priority to get him back to the forward line or can it wait one more week to get a Whitfield slash steal type? So do you target the Whitfield slash steal or do you get Jackson back into the forward line?
00:46:47
Sam
Yeah, so we talked about it earlier. I think the the panel was a little bit split on this one. I do like one more week of Jackson just because it's against the Eagles and I like getting Kerch to one of those more Uber types.
00:47:00
Sam
I think you can go either way and and um it's difficult to know the right answer on this one.
00:47:07
Holmesy
All right, let's go quickly around the room. Harmi, are you getting the Ruckman or are you getting the Whitfield slash Steele?
00:47:19
Jon Harmey
Not sure. ah Look, I'm okay with holding with Kircher, but I'm also okay with Jackson at R2.
00:47:21
Sam
Thank you.
00:47:25
Jon Harmey
So, oh, that's a hard one. Kircher to Whitfield. Yeah, okay, I'll take that.
00:47:31
Lew
Yeah, I'm taking the ruck.
00:47:31
Holmesy
Louis?
00:47:32
Lew
I'm taking the ruck. I think there might not be, if he does cop a Jordan tag, Whitfield that is, there might not be too many points between McKercher and Witt. So um yeah, get up get up from Jackson who who can dish you up at, what was an 85 in the last three or something like that, Holmesy.
00:47:42
Jon Harmey
Hmm.
00:47:48
Lew
So you can get up to a big dog ruck, there's 30 points sitting there on the table.
00:47:53
Holmesy
Yep, I'm swinging Jackson back into the forward line, taking a Caleb Daniel, Isaac Rankin type up to um either a Gorn who has the good run coming up or even a Tim English I like as a bit of a pod. Here's a good run coming up as well.
00:48:09
Holmesy
That's where I would look to go. Louis, I will stay with you. This one's from Sean. Hey, boys, currently ranked 283. So right next to Sam. Do I go a pot in steel with his really good next four weeks or save the cash and go Whitfield with a potential tag risk from Sydney?
00:48:19
Jon Harmey
Uh.
00:48:26
Holmesy
So Whitfield or steel?
00:48:29
Lew
No, I think have a throw at the stumps with Steele. We've mentioned the Whitfield tag plenty of times already. It might not happen as you boys have stated, but I think Steele with that run, that tackling floor is just um is just waiting to be picked. And the fact that he's going to be a point of difference is massive at that ranking. It could really elevate you up.
00:48:48
Holmesy
Agree with that, Sam. This one's from Kaz. Now, we've kind of already spoken about it, but let's give a ah specific answer. So if I can get the same player and the second trade is the same, does he get rid do they get rid of Chera, who's sitting at M8, before Colby at D6?
00:49:03
Holmesy
So are you trading Chera or Colby first?
00:49:07
Sam
Ooh, that's pretty tough. Let me just have a look at matchup for one week.
00:49:10
Holmesy
i Yeah, Chera has Hawthorne and then Colby has Geelong.
00:49:14
Sam
Yep.
00:49:16
Sam
Doesn't really help me. um I don't know. I'll be biased and I'll say hold Chera one more week, trade Colby, but I know people have different opinions on on that one.
00:49:28
Sam
um Yeah, flip a coin, flip a coin.
00:49:30
Lew
Yeah.
00:49:32
Holmesy
Yeah, so i suppose if if it's Chera, they'll go to Steele. And then if it's Colby, they'll go to Witt. So I suppose if they are concerned about the Sydney tag, hold Colby against Geelong at Marvel um and take Chera, who has a tough matchup against the Hawks, where there won't be much outside ball, and get up to Jack Steele, who has Melbourne. I think that's a really good play.
00:49:53
Holmesy
Harmi, this one's from Simon Stacks.
00:49:53
Sam
yeah
00:49:55
Holmesy
Boys, is there any point trading forwards just to play score roulette? Should we rather be trading out frauds like Hewitt for a top-end premium? Who do you think has the highest ceiling potential over the next few weeks?
00:50:04
Lew
Thank you.
00:50:08
Jon Harmey
Well, geez, well, probably Nassai has got the highest ceiling potential. um Is there any point trying forwards? Well,
00:50:21
Jon Harmey
Look, I'd be trading Hewitt out. I mean, he's if you can get him, well, you should be able to get him to a premium. I mean, it's not as if he's super cheap. So you should be able to get him up. I think that is a good move.
00:50:32
Jon Harmey
um But, you know, there's probably some good forwards there that you could be going after. ah said earlier I do like Kennedy for the run home also and at his b price, $918, I think, from memory.
00:50:44
Jon Harmey
um But, yeah, look, I'd trade out Hewitt.
00:50:49
Holmesy
Agree with that one there. Louis, this one's from Ryan Sharp. Which is the best points on field upgrade? So he's got either Doherty to Nassai Wanganemilera, Marshall to Gorn, or Cornelio, who was his forward punt last week, to a Myers-Jackson-McRae-Moore. So do you do the forward upgrade from the failed forward punt last week?
00:51:11
Holmesy
Do you do the ruck sideways? Or do you do Doherty up to the ah defensive premium?
00:51:18
Lew
Yeah, I think I'm leaning Doherty to Wanganeen Miller there. i've already answered Marshall to Gorn. um Yeah, look, Myers, Jackson, McRae, Moore, it's more of that um forward roulette that we just spoke about, I think.
00:51:34
Lew
on their On any given day, they're all good picks. On any given day, they've all proven to be, you know, dishing up some poor scores. So for me, I think I'd take the bona fide keeper slash captain option in Nassai Wanganeen Miller. or You might not even have to to move the C off of him.
00:51:51
Sam
Yeah, and I think that last one there, Holmesy, Cornelio, the play was not to get him last week.
00:51:51
Holmesy
Yep.
00:51:56
Sam
But if you've got him, he was in the CBAs. It was his first game back after a while. I think he'd be better for the run. I actually don't mind holding Cornelio there.
00:52:05
Holmesy
Agree. Sam, I'll go to you just for this one. This one's from Timmy Eskew. Not a question really, but why do I do this to myself? Why do I play this game year after year? It is self-destructive.
00:52:18
Sam
Timmy, we play this game so... Ever so occasionally, we can bring in Jack Ross and hit a six and feel good about ourselves.
00:52:24
Jon Harmey
you
00:52:26
Sam
That's why we do it, brother. There's a lot of pain in between, but just, you know, find the little moments and enjoy the ride.
00:52:34
Holmesy
I'll tell you what though, I'm in Timmy's camp at the moment. I'm sitting well up there, stressed out of my mind. And even I'm wondering why I play this game at times. So just
00:52:43
Sam
Yeah, mate, you're doing it really tough. The the world is weeping for you, Holmesy.
00:52:49
Holmesy
stick with it. Stick with it, Timmy boy. ah This one, Harmi is from Matthew Sterling. Love the podcast, fellas. Can you please rank Myers, McRae and Kennedy?
00:53:02
Jon Harmey
As trade-in options, I would probably say Kennedy, McRae, Myers. However, that seed. Well, actually, they've all got nice runs. Bulldogs, Saints and Geelong have all got nice runs home. So, look, yeah, up to you. But that's probably how I'd rank them.
00:53:22
Holmesy
I think I would be yeah i think i'd be Matt Kennedy number one with the Bulldogs run um outside of the 30.
00:53:23
Jon Harmey
any Any difference? Yeah.
00:53:31
Holmesy
He's been as safe and consistent as anyone in the comp. If he didn't have that 30 and that was an 80-odd, we wouldn't even be thinking twice. Myers, I think I ranked number two. His role is actually just so, so good.
00:53:45
Holmesy
He's that for high half forward, plays it better than Dylan Moore. He hasn't had the ceiling that Moore's had with that 140, but gets up the ground, gets some cheap ball in the back half.
00:53:53
Jon Harmey
you
00:53:55
Holmesy
um I think he's a safe 90 with the potential to go 100 in the run on the way home. And then McRae, I probably would have had up there after last week.
00:54:06
Holmesy
And it can it can turn around. But with Nassai Wanganeemiller getting 26 CBAs and being their main midfielder, that can't be good for McRae. Yes, he has a good run. um But yeah, maybe they manage him to finish the year with the the bruises that he's copped this year. So I think I would have McRae number three. Lou, do you agree with that order?
00:54:26
Lew
Yeah, no, I've got the same. I think Meyer's floor is what probably separates him from a McRae despite the fixture. And as you said, there's probably a little bit of concern over that body.
00:54:37
Holmesy
Sam, last question from Traba. So his scenario is that he can either go Chera to Nassaya, which means he holds Bergman, or he goes Bergman to a steel slash dunkley type and hold Chera, or does he go a McCarthy out instead of trading Roston, which means he can take Bergman to Nassaya. So talk us through that.
00:54:38
Lew
Still a good option though.
00:55:02
Sam
um um If he's got McCarthy on field, I don't mind moving on McCarthy there and getting an actual premium.
00:55:13
Sam
But i don't I don't actually like that option. i think I'd be going Charita, Nazaire and Sleepwell. Bergman's firmly entrenched in the in the CBA mix, um it seems.
00:55:25
Sam
he yeah He tackled his way to ah decent score on the weekend, which is maybe slightly worrying because it's not every game that you get 12 tackles. um Look, I justing in his eyes presents is just he's just going absolutely tear it apart for the last five weeks. And ah and um I've already felt sick not owning him all year. So, yep, I'd be grabbing Nassar.
00:55:47
Holmesy
Yep, I agree with that. And ah the showdown was actually the first glimpse that we saw of Bergman. ah He matched up very well against Jordan Dawson. That's going to be his role on the weekend. The tackles will be there and he might even be able to work off Jordan Dawson a bit. And I think he toned the last time he played Adelaide. So it wouldn't surprise me if Bergman has a good score this week and you look to get off him the week after.
00:56:09
Holmesy
Boys, thanks again for jumping on. Really appreciate it. I know it's been ah a bit of a slog of a year, five rounds to go. umm Really looking forward to to finishing off the season with a bang. Harmi, can you just give our listeners a quick closing out before Louis has to get off for for dinner?
00:56:25
Jon Harmey
Oh, no, no look, just and all the best to you, mate. You know, we're we're just the sideshow for the the host who's the main event, I guess.
00:56:37
Jon Harmey
So all the best. And don't go to Sam.
00:56:38
Sam
have you Have you written me off, Harmy?
00:56:40
Jon Harmey
Don't go to Sam for any advice because you'll just get flyers. um And, yeah, no, maybe come to me, Holmes.
00:56:49
Sam
have you have you written Have you written me off, Harmy?
00:56:49
Holmesy
yeah
00:56:52
Jon Harmey
Yeah, no, you're not getting that.
00:56:52
Sam
Can I no longer win a hat?
00:56:55
Jon Harmey
Too far back.
00:56:57
Sam
That's right. I've written myself off.
00:56:59
Holmesy
Jack Ross will take you to the promised land, promised land, Sam.
00:57:02
Lew
that's so um I'm getting part of Holmesy's hat for doing his round five trades or whatever they were. so
00:57:08
Sam
Oh, we go.
00:57:09
Holmesy
ah
00:57:10
Lew
Just snip me off a Gildan tag or whatever it is.
00:57:10
Holmesy
Yeah, true. wait
00:57:14
Holmesy
was um that's but We will wrap up, Lou, but that's funny because i I did the podcast with Lemon the other week and i I had to review my season so far. And and going back through, i was like, when did I make Gorn my captain? But yeah, like ah it it just remembered that you're doing me the solid on my camping trip. But as always, make sure you're following us on Twitter at PodPod AFL. Make sure you're subscribed to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your content.
00:57:39
Holmesy
Good luck this week. Hope you have a good round and we'll be back um with another round review next week. Bye.