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BRAYDEN FIORINI = GOAT, Setterfield concerns, and Buzz's next move! | Round 7 AFL Fantasy #PODPOD
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Brayden Fiorini AKA GOATirini goes BANG as he announces himself as a bargain price option this week (and last week for Buzz's). The lads discuss whether it's time for Setterfield to go in a brand new (stolen) segment, talk about some bye-round strategies, and much, much more!
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Transcript
Introduction and Buzz's Opening Remarks
00:00:21
Speaker
Hey, there! Where do you mean it's the cold?
00:00:27
Speaker
G'day and welcome to the Pod Pod. It's ya boi Buzz here, light years ahead of the competition on this Monday night, May 1st, 2023, talking all things Feorini.
Godorini Fan Squad and GOAT Debate
00:00:40
Speaker
And joining me as always is the Godorini fan squad who all no doubt brought in the great man this week. Uh, Homesy, Hammy, Stado, Louie. No, no, no.
00:00:54
Speaker
None of you brought in the goat. Lads, what's going on? Who wants to kick it off? I need an apology from each of you to start off the
Group Chat Fallout and Apologies
00:01:01
Speaker
show. Go on. Holmes, do you want to apologize? I do actually want to apologize to you, but it's not for the reason that you think. I had a personal best on the weekend where I actually managed to make two of the Pod Pod members leave the group chat.
00:01:15
Speaker
You were going through a bit of a rough time on Sunday when Jack Bose goes down on 10 and it was your weekend runa, you were upset, you were depressed and I've come into the group chat and I've just asked you the one question, Dos, are you now going to upgrade Jack Bose to Jaden Hunt? And, Doc.
00:01:35
Speaker
quick smart out of the group chat, so I might have overstepped the mark there, Dossie. I'm sorry, matey. Are you going all right?
Weekly Scores and Rankings Discussion
00:01:42
Speaker
Holmesy, this is supposed to be a celebration of the GOAT, not bringing people down here. No wonder people are leaving the group chat. I believe you're talking about statesmen heading out for the first time of our little private group chat. Stater, you're a bit upset, mate, doing a terrible score that you had this week. What was it? In the 2400s again?
00:02:01
Speaker
Yeah, it was shocking. But I will say I have an apology to make to Doss being the smart arse that I normally am and also caring about my squad way too much. When you were sort of making the point of poor Bose, and he was on a score of 14 at the moment, I quick had a couple of jobs,
00:02:26
Speaker
thinking I was being a bit of a smartass but I didn't realise he'd done his calf so I had to do a quick apology sorry mate I didn't know about the calf um but anyway yeah tough going look I think we've all been hit with
00:02:42
Speaker
stuff. It's Bullitt City this year, unfortunately. But at least you've got the new record. So Holmes, he had a 14 round one. You've had a 14, but that reflected back down to 10.
00:02:59
Speaker
So the new record. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. No, I appreciate starting this. I started real hyped up for this episode and now you've brought me straight back down. That's the great state away. Thanks to the tag team of homes in state. I always bring in the grump to the pod, but we are going to bring the positivity back and overall it was an absolute monster scoring round. So, um, without even looking at what you guys scored this week, I'll just go around table and we'll talk about our score and our rank and how we went this round. And I might even kick it off with you, Louie, if you wouldn't mind.
00:03:28
Speaker
Yeah, mate, I scored 23.78 for the week, so it was a nice one, quite large, but in the scheme of things, probably it was only a little bit above par. I think everybody had a pretty decent week with some big scores out there this year, this week rather, which brought my rank into 59.39, so another three or 4,000 spots, which is good to see, trending in the right trajectory.
00:03:53
Speaker
Part of that was thanks to Jason Johanerson with his 86 just off of last week. He was a little bit of a worry even though he was the best performed dogs defender. You do want to see that translate to a score so it was good to see that tick over on the weekend and I think my socks and I think it'll go to a few people, a few of the listeners listening and that's Will Setterfield with the 54.
00:04:17
Speaker
On the Sunday, you're sort of looking at a nice big score, you're wanting it to come home and then we'll set a field drop. So 54 on your head, it's pretty flattening.
00:04:26
Speaker
Well, we've heard Louis' Lucks or Sucks, which we were going to do after this, but we'll go around and just do the round score and rank for the other lads, and then we'll get into our Lucks
Trade Ideas and Strategy Talk
00:04:34
Speaker
or Sucks. Holmes, do you want to take it away, mate? Yeah, thanks, Dos. 23.02 for myself, so not too bad. A few under-performers, which we'll get to, which could have had my score a little bit bigger, but not to be. Probably just around par, though, still went up another 1,000 spots to 12.675, so in that famous 12K club.
00:04:54
Speaker
Potentially looking into a few looking at a few dumb trade ideas this week to get me back into the game So all in all not too bad. My rule was to stay positive if I improved and and I did so we go again That's what I love to hear a bit of loose trades do love that from you homesy and harmi mate Welcome to the show haven't said hello to you yet your round scoring rank as well And and if you don't mind just an apology as well for fair any
00:05:19
Speaker
Thanks Dospy. My score this week was 2-3-5-8 so yeah not too bad and that takes my rank into 6-0-0-9 so yeah look it wasn't too bad there's a few things I was hoping to get a touch higher up to the Statesman's lofty heights but I didn't quite get there in the end.
00:05:40
Speaker
My lucks for the week, I'm going to go with Lukie Peddler because I watched Adelaide play and he looked really good, he did some great stuff, kicked a nice long range goal and I was pretty impressed with him because I kind of looped in that forward line so I had Filippo for 31 and instead chucked Peddler on and he came through with an extra 40 odd points there for me. But my socks, Dospy,
00:06:05
Speaker
He's going to go to LDU possibly for the last time for me this year because I traded him out. But the LDU out meant I couldn't get the Godorini in, which was my plan for most of the week.
00:06:19
Speaker
I love that, mate. And we're just throwing show structure out the window. Less editing for me. I won't need to pop these intros in. That's all good harm. Just do your own thing, mate. Go rogue. But I do love that, yes. And unfortunately, you couldn't bring in the go-to-reigning. You didn't really apologize, though. So we'll have to rectify that later in the show. Stado, do you want to give us your score and rank? Of course, we did mention you had a really poor week. You were sobbing in the chat. So it must have been a shocking week for you, mate.
00:06:45
Speaker
I didn't stop in the chat. I did do a Hail Mary for Ridley when he was 18 and a half time, but other than that, I just enjoyed the weekend and rightfully so, like everyone else, had that really good start on Friday night.
00:07:02
Speaker
I think you were the only one that didn't jump on which means you can have a great weekend when you get a good VC but scored 24-32 and rank 537 so move back inside the top thousand after dropping outside holding Will Day in green.
00:07:26
Speaker
beautiful and my score as you guys mentioned off the top thanks for bringing it up Bose scoring the 14 minus 4 adjusted down to 10 thank you very much Jackie Bose my unique backline pick 22 32 unfortunately for Dospy Lestere dropping from 18 130 you know a modest rank of 18 130 down to 19 939 inside the top 20k though and and when um
00:07:56
Speaker
Jaden Papowski does his updated little tweet that he does of people that are still within hat range. I'm sure he'll have to adjust those next year when he does that and says that I've come from the whopping inside the top 20K from round seven to come back to win the hat.
00:08:13
Speaker
potentially even that luck. So look, you guys have all done it already. My luck's obviously is Feorini. I might also go Chera, who I brought in this week. And maybe we'll talk a little bit about 137 on Dubu and 112. You couldn't ask for more than that in your two trade-ins for the week. Unfortunately, I'm going my socks to just the fact that I couldn't
00:08:34
Speaker
I couldn't make the trade without dumping Chandler, who I knew had the great match up, dropped a ton on my head. So that was always probably going to happen. I didn't think it would be that drastic, but that was pretty upsetting. We're all out of shape though. But, uh, uh, Holmes, did you want to go through your Lux and Sucks and then stay to your Lux and Sucks just to
Content Creator Cup and Listener League Updates
00:08:51
Speaker
round this out?
00:08:51
Speaker
Yeah, Dossie, my lucks and it's always good to have a unique-ish mid-premium go big for me, and that was Christian Petrarca, so a 142 on Saturday night was definitely well-needed when I had McRae, Bont and Crouch as my sucks.
00:09:07
Speaker
who were pretty underwhelming. So Brad Crouch, 77. That's now two out of four weeks where he's had a less than 25.5, and that's just not on from a player that I paid up an M1 for. So I'm not sure what's gone on there. At times he looks like he could put up a 200, and at times he just goes completely missing. So a little bit of a worry, especially now that Jax deals back dominating Stado. How'd you go?
00:09:31
Speaker
Yeah so Lux I'm going to double down Darcy McPherson coming out on 1-19 so a
Buy-Round Strategies and Planning
00:09:38
Speaker
really good unique pick at the moment so that's four weeks I've had him and it's been quite impressive although he didn't get the opportunity to to junk up so only added an extra two points in the last 10 minutes of play so
00:09:52
Speaker
I was thinking I might get a 130 there at one stage but still performed extremely well, great role. It sucks, bomb and twin. So first game on Sunday after a really good Friday and Saturday and I had Ridley at half time with 18 playing a lockdown role on Cameron.
00:10:13
Speaker
and Setterfield on a 33. Thought Setters is really good having a big quarter but that just didn't eventuate. Ended up on 54
Braden Feorini's Fantasy Potential
00:10:23
Speaker
Setterfield or as Steve Fizzes named him, Sellafield.
00:10:30
Speaker
Alright let's get into, we're about to get into our hot topics but before we do that just want to give a quick update around our leagues and I'll just do a quick update on the Content Creator Cup because Stado has retaken the lead in that. He's 7 and 0 and now he's, he's
00:10:47
Speaker
you know, well and truly on top of that leg at the moment for around eight ladder. Uh, just ahead of guesty who Tim, obviously running it for his infinite wealth, sponsoring that and, um, putting up some great money for charity. Unfortunately this week, uh, Dossie went down to, to Luke Rogerson of the, uh, ball boys podcast. And I might just say, um, look, I'm going to have to hand over the reins to, uh,
00:11:10
Speaker
to Roger over there because he's got the platinum tonsils. If I'm gold, that guy is platinum. Those are some serious pipes going on there. But Stato, do you want to maybe take us through some of the Pod Pod Challenge?
00:11:23
Speaker
Yeah, most certainly. So our leader is 24th overall. That's Boston Pelly. So he's been the leader for the last three or four weeks. Sean's All-Stars is in second spot. He is 43 overall. Currently we have 13 coaches in the top 100 all in hat category.
00:11:46
Speaker
And Doss, I thought because the actual name of this group is Pop Pod Challenge in brackets, we can all beat Doss. I thought I'd update you. You're currently sitting at 478th position in the Pop Pod Challenge. We can all beat Doss. And with 623 coaches, there's only 145 that we need to lift so we can all beat Doss.
00:12:12
Speaker
Well, it doesn't seem like they're all going to at the moment, mate. So you're failing with the name of that. And you can, of course, join that just by searching in your league. It's an open league. So jump on in, Pod Pod Challenge, and good luck for the rest of the season, everyone. In our listener league, which we started at the start of the season, where people are representing us, Dorsey with the three of five W's this week, I think so did Holmsey. Thank you for Maddie for posting those on Twitter. You can check them out at Pod Pod AFL to see how our listener league results are going. But it's time.
00:12:42
Speaker
for Hot Topics and I think the biggest one this week is of course we mentioned at the top of the show the GOAT. Now I just do want to go obviously I'm completely biased for the great man so let's get some of your opinions on him and I might just throw straight away to Louie I want to get your opinion on Braden Faire anyway.
00:13:02
Speaker
Yeah, it's one of those players that I'm not sure what to think about. Dossie, obviously we know he's got an ability to score when he's got the role. All of a sudden, Tuke Miller goes down and at the start of the week, some very good coaches like yourself identified that he might be one to go into that midfield mix.
00:13:21
Speaker
And you were wrong. You only had the three or ten bounces, so it's a little bit of a concern there. On surface level, I say I think it is a good pick. He's seriously cheap. He's shown her ability to score. He's got a ceiling. He's in a team where supposedly there's a role for him and enough weeks where he can make a difference in our side. But there's always that underlying sort of
00:13:46
Speaker
thought process that, you know, this is Braden Feorini and it could all blow up in your face at any time. And it's probably not dissimilar to a bloke we'll talk about later in the podcast in an Aaron Hall as well. But I'd be keen to hear Holmes's thoughts on him. Yeah, this is such an interesting one, Louis.
00:14:04
Speaker
clearly what I want to figure out from from you boys and and sort of talk about a little bit more is is this Gold Coast shifting game plan real? So the last two weeks the Gold Coast Suns have scored over 1700 total fantasy points for their for their team and and prior to that they haven't actually scored over 1500. So that's two weeks in a row where they put on some serious fantasy points and they're uncontested
00:14:29
Speaker
Possession rate is up. Their marks are through the roof. They had 250 on the weekend. So is this a change in game style where they're just admitting that they have to hold onto the ball a little bit more because they really need to be more competitive in games? Or is it just a case of they've had two pretty good matchups where the teams allowed them to dictate play in terms of the North Melbourne and Richmond? And are they going to revert back to the way they were playing before? Because we did see them last year. Their fantasy scores really dropped off.
00:14:57
Speaker
If that's a true indication of how they want to play, then some of these scores from the weekend and the last two weeks are inflated. So I'm keen to hear Stato's thoughts because I know we had a bit of a chat off air and he's got a bit of a thought process behind it. Yeah, well, there's no doubt they are playing the chip kick, mark and kick game, especially out of defence. So that's why you're seeing a few of their players, including one that I own McPherson scoring so well at the moment.
00:15:27
Speaker
The reason I brought Mick Ferson in, which I brought him in around four because of the matchup
Trade or Spade Segment
00:15:32
Speaker
with St Kilda, then he had Frio, then he had North Melbourne, so I thought they were really, three really good matchups. And with all the injuries, I think Richmond is sort of in that mix at the moment. They're actually a good team to play against. So they've had four really good matchups on the trot.
00:15:51
Speaker
and two teams in the last two weeks that are sort of falling off a little bit. So I think just for the fact, I think the game style is there, but just for the fact they've had really good opposition, that these scores are ballooned somewhat. So and I'll just focus that back on pasta.
00:16:13
Speaker
as some people start to call him. What worried me is the amount of time he spent on the wing and we all know how concerning that wing roll can be.
00:16:25
Speaker
There is benefit if they're playing the chip kick, so there is some reward the other end, but I think he's the type of player that I'll prefer to be in bulk CBAs. And one thing I'll throw back to you, Dos, is there someone currently out of the team that could be popping in and getting some CBAs?
00:16:50
Speaker
Yeah, I flagged this on the fantasy fanatics podcast. I had a look at the VFL numbers from the weekend and surprisingly coming back, I think a little bit earlier than expected is your boy Stado and the draft doctors who have championed this man all pre-season and ended up having about 15 articles written about him. It seemed across the hype that you guys built.
00:17:13
Speaker
But Sam Flanders returned to the VFL this weekend and he wasn't the only big performer, I will say, in the Suns VFL. So Flanders had 30 disposals, 11 marks, 3 tackles. I think it equated to around 120 fantasy points as well if you want to know that.
00:17:28
Speaker
But Flanders was big in the VFL against Richmond as well. Connor Blakely had 35, 9, and 10, if you don't mind as well, if he's ever going to be a chance to get in. Constable again just does what he does in the VFL as well, 32 and 11 marks. So there's guys banging down the door and potential inside midfielders banging down the door. They had a big win over Richmond, so you'd hope that they stick with what they're doing. But I totally see a guy like Bailey Humphrey, who was at the opening center bounce,
00:17:56
Speaker
Mind you, ahead of Feorini, just coming out, and one of these guys could come straight back in, Holmsey.
00:18:02
Speaker
Yeah, and I suppose just to put it into a little bit of context. So Rory Atkins had 25 touches on the weekend, but only one contested possession. So that just shows the type of game style that they played on the weekend. And man, I'm not sure whether it's sustainable for them to play like that each week. And then they're not going to have the opponent that's going to let them play like that each week as well. So those numbers are inflated. But at the same time, if you don't jump on a Fearene this week and he backs it up with another monster score,
00:18:30
Speaker
then is it going to be too late for all of us to jump on board? So I think it's going to be a little bit of a, you know, sliding doors moment for Coach's Dossie.
00:18:39
Speaker
One thing I'm just not sure about as well. I don't think the time on grounds necessarily reflective of what he'll get, even though I know due isn't a fan of playing in big time and granny had 71%, but I watched that game and the ball was stuck on the ground for one of the quarters and he just sat on there till about the 12 minute mark. So I don't know if you'll necessarily be limited that much, especially playing on that.
00:19:00
Speaker
wing roll. Let's just round it out because Hami, we do love talking about Fe or any lot. But what's your thoughts, mate? And then we'll throw to Louis to finish it off because he's waving his arms madly about.
00:19:11
Speaker
Well, look, we spoke about who was going to get the bump in the CBA's last week, didn't we? And that ended up being David Swallow. So I'm a little bit unsure about what to make of it. All watched parts of that game. But I just I think with Braden Feoreni we have seen in the past that the guy just scores. If he if he gets some decent time on ground and has OK job security, then I think it's not a bad play to bring him into your side.
00:19:38
Speaker
unlike Rory Atkins, who I don't think has played back-to-back games for the Suns in his whole time there. So, anyway, over you, Lou. That's just my thoughts. I do think he's probably a good pick, Dossie, and I say that because he's achievable from going from a rookie up, which is what I would be in favour of. I would be less inclined to bring him in if people were looking at a downgrading and underperforming premium and then using that cash elsewhere.
00:20:09
Speaker
Just looking at the CBAs for Feorini, obviously this week had the three without Tuk. I had eight last week with part of Tuk and then the week before that with Tuk in the side had 16 CBAs. So he's trending in the other direction which is a little bit interesting. It's one to watch and I think
00:20:27
Speaker
At his price point, Feorene is one that you can get one more week to look at because if he is the real deal, then he's still going to be worth jumping on at his price tag, just under 600K as a sort of a mid price so that we can ride on the way up. But if you are bullish and you do decide to pick him this week, I think the most important part of that trade is actually planning what your parachute plan would be when or if it goes wrong and how you're going to be able to recover from that.
00:20:56
Speaker
lads, I just can't believe, I just, is this a dream? Talking about fair Annie for eight minutes of the podcast. It is a dream come true. It's, it's
Listener Questions and Team Updates
00:21:05
Speaker
been a long time coming and God, it's good to hear his voice, his, his name just ringing across the fantasy community.
00:21:14
Speaker
What's that stat of? So we all said no to us. And Hami, just for a bit of context before we move on, I wasn't suggesting to bring Rory Atkins in mate, I was just highlighting the game plan from the weekend. Rory Atkins, he's only about 380,000. Look at his price today. If he backs it up against Melbourne, I might be interested. I might go a ridge down to him just for the cash grab against West Coast.
00:21:41
Speaker
may as well play him he's got about three years left on his contract big contract too all right this is our second and it's we've only got a couple of big big hot topics this week but a massive hot topic on a lot of a lot of owners for this guy will set a field is uh is a big talking point only getting the 54 points
Fossil Five Recommendations and Final Thoughts
00:22:03
Speaker
I think it was on the weekend. So pretty low scoring, even with a high, you know, pretty solid role. We've mentioned that he's moving into a kind of a more of a tagging role or at least a run with role that's maybe not as conducive to fantasy scoring. But with that in mind, I think it's time for a bit of a segment steal. It's trade or spade. Will you be a trade? Will you be a trade or spade?
00:22:32
Speaker
G'day everyone, Nathan here from HatChat and I approve of this message. Into trade or spade approved of course by Nathan. We'll start with Will Setterfield as our number one player that we're going to be talking about. As the Essendon fan, Hami, what do you think about Will Setterfield as a trade or a spade? What are you doing?
00:22:54
Speaker
Well, I'm a spade and I say that. Look, I haven't loved what I have seen the last couple of weeks from him. He still had quite a few CBAs on the weekend, but he is playing that defensive mid-roll, which is different to what he was doing at the start of the season when he was pumping out some really good scores for us. He's got quite a good score build, so I mean, he doesn't
00:23:19
Speaker
He doesn't necessarily need to be that go-to tap guy or anything like that, but if he's really trying to stop his player rather than chasing the ball, I think it's going to be a bit of a battle. It's the sort of player, though, Dossie, that I try and hold until the bye.
00:23:37
Speaker
and then fix up where I can. But if he continues to put up 54 each week, that's going to be more and more difficult for me to do. But this time of year, I'm trying to upgrade, like do my downgrade upgrades, which I didn't do last week because of the LDU out. So I'm inclined to hold his sort of a position at the moment.
00:23:57
Speaker
As the Essendon man, give us a little bit of your insights into the midfield rotation, because I know Stado and Louis were pretty big on Setterfield being that sort of big-bodied midfielder that Essendon were lacking, but do you think the fact that they've got Stringer running through there at 80% now and offering something different, at least at the moment while he's on the path, do you think that's had a bit of a negative effect on Setterfield? I think it has, but I don't think it'll last. The Stringer thing,
00:24:28
Speaker
I just feel like they've got their big bodied midfielder and that's Will Sederfield and it's not Stringer because he's going to be needed at the forward line and he's perennially injured. So I think all things going well, I think that Sederfield will be in there ahead of Stringer personally. That's my personal feel on it.
00:24:48
Speaker
But that's it. I mean, Zach Merritt had less CBAs on the weekend. I think that after that first quarter, when we were 40 odd points down, they just kind of threw a few things around. That's what it seemed to me. Yeah. All right. So it sounds like you're spading, you're digging in and you're going to be holding. Let's just get a second opinion. It is a big hot topic of the week. Stado, are you trading or spading? We'll set a field.
00:25:13
Speaker
I'm trading, now I will say, because I've seen the change of rollover over the last two weeks, but I will say it's just the position I'm in. So I've got three mid prices that I need to trade out, Ridley Pickett and Setafield now. I was hoping Setafield would last, but he's just going to lose cash now. So I want to change that up.
00:25:35
Speaker
And the reason why I'm in that space, I'm in the luxury trade space now. I've only had the three rookies on the field last week, Chandler, Sheezle and Ashcroft, and they all tonned up. So they're all earning their position on the field and Chandler's got another two weeks of good match-up. So I take as much cash and points out of those as I can. So I'm doing a Gymbi down a Cincotta who I missed.
00:26:02
Speaker
and if he's selected he'll be sitting on the bench and ready to take some action against Ridley if I need to, if his score is high enough and therefore I'm going to set a field up. So it's probably Petrarca or Oliver, I'm just debating which is the right one. So he's a trade for me but it's only because my position is different.
00:26:25
Speaker
I'll just input here and it's very easy for me to say as a non-owner so I will just caveat that but if we're looking at the CBA rotations from that Essendon game so quarter one Setterfield was actually the fourth most with only three CBAs and that's when they got absolutely pumped and then he was the main guy for quarter two three and four so I think moving forward that'd be pretty silly to start that way again so I think the role is going to be a bit better.
00:26:53
Speaker
All right, loving this segment that we've stolen from Hat Chat. Of course, go listen to their podcasts. We love their stuff. But let's get on to their next player trade or spade. You're obviously trading or you're spading and you're digging in. It's Andrew McGrath, 14% owned still, 66% on the weekend. Lou, trade or spade.
00:27:13
Speaker
He's got to be a trade now. Been a failed experiment seven weeks in now. Hasn't really popped a decent score in that time either and I think he's at a price where he's sort of in no man's land where you can't really go down but there's a there's an upgrade sort of hanging over your head with him so if you're able to dodge bullets and you don't have any carnage I think it's time to start moving Andy McGraw on and at his price tag you can get up to something decent.
00:27:40
Speaker
Holmsey Reuben Ginby, the 18 year old, absolutely killing it for West Coast to start the season. He's already made 198K. Finally, dropped a little bit of cash, went down $8,000 last week, still scored a 50, which is serviceable. I know you've been talking about how we need these solid rookies through the buys though, so maybe this is a pretty challenging trade or spade at 482K.
00:28:04
Speaker
Yeah, Dos, I'm still going to say Spade purely for that reason. We're going to need some rookies playing at the buyers. If we get rid of all of these rookies with good job security now, then we might find ourselves being short at the buyers and only being able to play 18 or maybe even less, which would be an absolute disaster. So for that reason, I'm still going to say Spade, but at the same time, I'm not going to begrudge anyone if they can get him up to a genuine keeper.
00:28:33
Speaker
Yeah, and this is why I was a little bit disappointed with that LDU out because I didn't, I missed Chincotta and I couldn't get for you anyway. But the issue that I've got is exactly what you've said there, Holmsey, who is going to be playing for us as we come through the buys and red dots are starting to build up, aren't they? So I thought my bench was looking excellent until last week when through them were named emergency. So
00:29:01
Speaker
Dishing off all of the rookies with good job security, like Jimby, I think is a bit of a risk if you're bringing in people like Seamus Mitchell, who are potentially going to get dropped this week. So I think it is an issue for us. So with that said, Louis, Ollie Hollins, with a pretty low break, even still putting together some half decent games as well, would you be spading him as well?
00:29:31
Speaker
Look, it's up to the team. I sort of am on harmi's side where I think we do have to be a little bit cautious of some of these rookies that we're offloading just because of what's replacing them. But I'm okay with somebody moving on Hollands as long as I've got the cover for it. Who are you going to go to, though? Like, who are you bringing in? If it's not Chincotta, who are you bringing in? Like, I think Sheldrick would have been good, but the guy popped a 15 and got subbed out. So, I mean, there isn't that many options, is there?
00:30:00
Speaker
No there's not, we've got a bit on that with the round table as well a little bit later in the show so we've got a bit more in depth in that I think.
00:30:07
Speaker
All right, let's smash through some of these kind of more of the mid price options that we're going to be talking about now, maybe some also some premium sort of not hitting their straps. But Cozy Pickett looking like a great option early days, obviously coming off his suspension in around one, though, where he popped a 127, was looking like he had plenty of midfield time in that good system, that distributing system, high point scoring system of Melbourne.
00:30:32
Speaker
21 years old contract year, which has just been signed, which is a bad sign for us potentially, Stado, but he scored 85 for us in a soft matchup last week. Is Kaziah Pickett a trade or spade?
00:30:46
Speaker
He's a spade because he's got two good matchups to kill him. But when you get to that point of luxury, certainly one you should be targeting to get ready to offload. So that sort of good mix of CBAs and forward time has sort of disappeared until this week.
00:31:05
Speaker
Holmes you described that really well is at the end of the day once they were in control of the game they could give other people the rotation through there so it was only when they had control of the game so if you got a really hot game he's probably not going to get the CBO's.
00:31:21
Speaker
Holmsey, this has been a bit of a favorite pod in the early goings, but Liam Baker, although he scored 55 in round one, went on a tear after that, 100, 110, 79, 122, was looking like a pretty good option. But Jaden Short has come back in the side and back into his old role on the half back line and really hurting the scores of both him and Rioli. So is it a trade or a spade for Liam Baker at 714 a K?
00:31:46
Speaker
Yeah, this one's a trade, Dossie, I think. You summed it up beautifully. Jaden Short coming back in. He's getting all of that footy off the half back line. And what we've known about Liam Baker this whole time is that he's pretty much the Mr Fix-It for Richmond. He gets thrown around in all sorts of different positions, and that's two back-to-back sub-60 and sub-60 games in a row. So he's no longer an underpriced premium that some people were hoping he would be. He's now mid-pricer. That's essentially maxed out in price.
00:32:15
Speaker
If you're a teams in a good spot and you're not playing any of these rookies that are going to drop you a 20, then I'd absolutely be getting him up to a keeper and just thanking him for the cash that's been made.
00:32:26
Speaker
Hami Mitch Duncan, gee, been a harsh own for guys that jumped on him after a few injuries hit our back lines, and then he was kind of that option coming off 127 on return. Since then he's gone 55-44-66, trade or spade, Hami? Trade. I mean, he's not putting up good scores for you, so cross there, and he is dropping bulk cash too. I mean, put another 50 on the weekend, didn't he? So I think you'd have to jump off on that one if you brought him in.
00:32:57
Speaker
Jack McRae hasn't been terrible, but has by no means been the pick that we'd have wanted, especially Holmsey and I, I believe, our owners, 826k. He's holding a bit of value still, but only averaging the 94 stuck out on a wing and a half board or wherever Bevo puts him, Stado, Jack McRae, Trade or Spade.
00:33:16
Speaker
He's actually a spade this time of year, although he's been disappointing and I started with him too but dropped him early. But the reality is he can give you a tonne action every week. So you probably go in hoping that he's giving you a tonne, that's probably what you need.
00:33:37
Speaker
He's lost his value already, the cash of him, and he's priced at what he's scoring effectively. So he's holding to the buyers around 15 and somewhere along those buys you can take him to an Uber.
00:33:53
Speaker
Brad Crouch, a favourite of one of our hosts here, Louis, so we might as well get it to him. We did have a listener request this. This isn't us just rubbing some salt in the wound for Holmsey, who is a proud owner of Brad Crouch, or not so proud the last few weeks, but he's only gone in the 70s for two weeks in a row after going on a big tear. Seems to be when Jack Steele returned as well, Louis, is there a bit of concern if you're a Brad Crouch owner?
00:34:17
Speaker
No, I don't think there is. I think he's still a hold and you wait for it to turn around. Bad Crouch has scored over 100 for a long time.
00:34:27
Speaker
All right, well that wraps up our trade or spade segment with a Brad Crouch spade to finish. Now it's time to get on to our observations round table. One of my favorite parts of the show where we just chuck around a few of our ideas and just have a chat that we normally would kind of like off air and just talk about some of the issues that we're thinking about or dealing with for the week. Stato, do you want to go through your round table discussion?
00:34:50
Speaker
Yes, certainly seems to have a bit of a dry spell for the cash cows. So the rookies that have good job security and with these buys coming. So I'm just posing the question. I'd love to hear the quality heads we've got on here. This question, is this a unique year? We'll be trying to make cash via our ground.
00:35:16
Speaker
So potentially when we get to that luxury spot that we're downgrading to meet a breakeven to make some cash and upgrading another player on the field.
00:35:31
Speaker
I think with the lack of rookies, it's being more difficult. I think that the lack of cash generation is going to come back to hurt some teams after the buys. I guess I've been trying to do it, but it only takes one bad score when you're jumping on somebody for a price rise to stall that price increase and the value increase.
00:35:57
Speaker
It's going to work for some people, but there's going to be as many fall over as there are successes I feel in this. So yes, but we have to be quite selective. It comes back to the point that I said before about the rookies, because I feel like there isn't a lot coming through.
00:36:15
Speaker
Yeah, they're good points that you make, boys, and just backing over it again. I mean, we've got fat and cows like Hollins, Jinby, Peddler, Chandler, throw in Wilmot, blokes like that, who have really rock solid job security. And you look at their price and you do think, well, geez, I can take these guys down and up and and get a genuine upgrade on the other end. But the problem is that if you're taking them down to these rookies, who are you bringing in? We have Chincotta, who
00:36:41
Speaker
he looks like a scorer but the job security still got massive question marks over it after that you've got Ryan Angwin who knows you know does he have three four five weeks in that side and then it starts to drop off to blokes who either can't score but have a position in the team or you're taking punts on people who are coming in debuting and then
00:37:00
Speaker
you might be compounding the same issue where you're going to have another red dot. And when we've got the buyers four weeks away, just blokes like Hollands, Ginby, Peddler, et cetera, knowing that they're going to play each and every week can be valuable and might be the difference between you copying a red dot and not through rounds 12, 15. Yeah. And a lot of the guys that did score OK on the weekend as rookies were either the sub coming in or the sub going out as well. So it is a bit of a worry, I think.
00:37:32
Speaker
All right, my round table discussion is to do with the buy rounds, which we've had a few questions come through as well about this. And I mainly ask you guys, because I always approach them pretty much the same, and that's that I barely think about them all the way through the season in the early days, and often get myself into emergency situations coming towards the buys now that we are. So obviously, if you don't know, they're starting in round 12, as you just mentioned before, Louis, going through to round 15 this year.
00:38:00
Speaker
I think that's an extra round than we've had previously due to the extra round or the gather round that we had in Adelaide. Talk us through maybe some of your thoughts. I just want to have that little discussion. Has anyone got any thoughts on how to handle the buys and should we be thinking about them already or should I have already been thinking about them the whole time?
00:38:22
Speaker
I think you should have been having some thought to it by now, but it's not too late. That is the good news, Dospy. So you've still got time to adjust for it. And I actually be interested to hear Stado's opinion on this because I always felt that this year was actually going to be a bit easier because of that round 13, the extra buy round and the extra three trades that come with it.
00:38:47
Speaker
Yeah there's an element that makes it a bit easier because all of a sudden you've got effectively the spread over the four weeks and the extra trades going in all the way but you still need to plant so you need to have the exit
00:39:03
Speaker
the exit strategy of having pretty much a completed team full of primos on the way out. So there are people that look at the numbers each week but don't look at the plan to say who's coming in and actually come out with one too many forwards and that type of stuff through the and shorter midfielder through the end of the buys. So
00:39:29
Speaker
The reality is we've got more chance to cover a red dot, but the multiple red dots is where you're going to come in the truck.
00:39:40
Speaker
I wanted to ask you this question because you've been sort of the pioneer for that 8, 10, 12 buy structure where you have your front load. So in terms of you have more players on the buy for that round 15 and you have less for the earlier rounds. Do you think it's a play to kind of adopt something similar but you think about round 12 and round 13 as one buy? So you try to have your 8 spread across those two. You have your 10 from round 14 and 12 from round 15. Do you think that's a go?
00:40:09
Speaker
Yeah, close to, so I've got seven and two at the moment, but I'm keen to, and this is why I wanna watch Gold Coast one more week, so I'll get it right. But I'd probably want one more Gold Coast player, maybe two. So having four players in round 13, I think is just about perfect. So you still have a really good squad on field, but it's like a freebie.
00:40:37
Speaker
around 13 players and I'm trying and like always what I want to do is ensure I don't have any rookies that are the first round by. So you remove those rookies and then you can effectively the ones you're keeping through round 12 are actually all premiums to start with if that makes sense.
00:41:03
Speaker
Love that. That's some great advice. Thanks, boys, for doing that. I'll have to get on my buy-around planning ASAP. Been doing it since round one, Dossie. Pre-season prep. I was just looking at my team this week. I tried to do it last year, but this year I kind of forgot. I just looked at my team this week and I'm like, oh, that's not looking too good for the buyers.
00:41:25
Speaker
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00:41:54
Speaker
add sign up for 20% off. The link will be in your podcast description. And this segment is called I Diddle Diddle. Straight through the I Diddle Diddle. I Diddle Diddle. Who's spending time in the middle? And I'm going to go through a few notable names from the round. So didn't really do the full deep dive this week, but I just noticed a couple that were spending that guts time. And it was kind of strange to see
00:42:19
Speaker
The guy that came in injured this week, we thought he was going to be injured for months and months, or at least four to six weeks, it was Docherty coming straight in, guys, and was there any interest? I mean, Hamia, we're going to monitor this situation. They had a soft matchup Carlton in West Coast, but Docherty came straight off his injury to
00:42:39
Speaker
A 10-cent of bounces in some limited time on ground and scored the 94 points. We saw him go big at the end of last year in a similar role. Have you got your eye on Sam Docherty in a bit more midfield time? Not at this point in time. It's not like he pumped out of 140, is it? I guess we'll just keep an eye on that.
00:43:00
Speaker
Alright, Louis already mentioned one fear, any losing CBA's was a trend that was noticed. Something else I noticed was Toby Green. I think you guys had a little bit of a laugh at me last week for bringing up Toby Green. Obviously, was a bit of a shambles with the concussion as I mentioned, but not realising Tom Green was out of the lineup and mentioning the bump in CBA's for Toby Green.
00:43:20
Speaker
But this week he retained some, so still seeing some Cinebounce usage is your man an option for us, Stado. Spending all the time on ground in the world, 96%, he's getting some Cinebounce usage, seven in this game, and he's scoring like a premium top six kind of forward at the moment, 96 on the weekend, Stado. Watch Toby Green play, enjoy it, but never bring him into your classic team.
00:43:49
Speaker
Alright well I've got one final and it's a new segment. After the week's proceedings I had to bring in a new segment called Light Years Ahead.
00:44:04
Speaker
And this rounds out the center bounce mix. Unfortunately, Holmes, he did spoil the party a little bit earlier by mentioning his name. But look, if you want to remain light years ahead of the competition, like your boy Dossie over here, aka Buzz, Dossie light years ahead, you've got to be thinking about Jake Stringer this week. Now, obviously, Godorini should already be on your team. If you've got Buzz status like me, you would have brought him in last week, maybe even two weeks ago if you're a true Buzz.
00:44:34
Speaker
But Jack Stringer.
00:44:36
Speaker
came on my radar this week with the 82% center bounce attendances for the week. Holmes, he doesn't have any interest. I don't think any of the lads do, but that's why they don't have buzz status between you and me, guys. I want to head back to the 2021 season when he was spending 80 plus percent center bounce attendances for about eight to 10 weeks. And this is to end the season from round 14 back then to about round 23. I think it was even in the final as well.
00:45:06
Speaker
This is his run. 136, 97, 112, 99, 84, 63, 91, 65, 98, 97, 76. He's a premium scorer as a midfielder, as a forward, and he's priced around that similar mark to Feoreni. I'm not even going to throw it around the room because I know the guy's just going to bring me down, but if you're a buzz like me, light years ahead, that's the segment. Jake Stringer this week.
00:45:31
Speaker
Let's get into some of our listener requests. Jack steals first off the ranks. What do we think about him as an option, Louis? Jack Steele. He's got a really awkward buy, but he has an awesome next four weeks. So if it suits your side, then I think he's value. And he's probably bottomed out now. Callum Mills, Holmsey, interest here, moved back into the midfield, speaking about center bounce movers, but hasn't still hit that ceiling score and showing premium scoring numbers that we know and love from him.
00:46:01
Speaker
Here's someone I would absolutely love to target. You are right, Dos, there was a spike in CBAs on the weekend, but still only up to 47%, so still not back in that midfield full-time, and I think
00:46:14
Speaker
And I'm right there with this one. Sydney have now lost what, four games in a row? Their season is on the line. They can't afford to go two and five and they got the pies this week. So does it not scream meals back in the midfield full time to go head to head with to go in and run with them a little bit? It just...
00:46:34
Speaker
I just can't see them continuing to waste him while they just keep losing. But until we see it, it could be one where you go early and you get ahead of the comp and they're all chasing. But yeah, Hami, you've got your hand up. What do you want to add?
00:46:48
Speaker
Yeah, I was just going to agree with you, Holmes. I mean, it was a bit hard to interrupt that Jack Stringer monologue from Dospy, but I was going to say he is one that I have been watching and he did have a bump in CBA. So hopefully the Tom McCartan, I think he rolled his ankle or something. Hopefully that doesn't impact it. But yeah, if he comes out with a hundred and hundred next couple of weeks, I'm very, very keen. This is a guy that's gone back to back one 10 years priced
00:47:16
Speaker
down at basically 800k. So that's low 90s with potential 20 points upside. So the type of keeper you want to target at this time of year, it's just hard when he hasn't been putting up any ceiling scores yet.
00:47:31
Speaker
Noah Anderson was one that the listeners wanted to hear about. Stado at Pod Pod AFL on Twitter as well. If you want to get in your weekly request, we do a little tweet out and you can ask for your favorite player to be requested. Noah Anderson, obviously we've talked about Took Miller being out for quite some time now. We've been talking about all the other bumps of players, but Noah Anderson still getting massive center bounce usage, playing in the midfield and hitting some ceiling scores coming off a 134 against Richmond on the weekend Stado.
00:48:00
Speaker
Yes, well, just talked about the soft fixture they had for four weeks. So before that soft fixture, you had an 83 and a 72. In the soft fixture, you had 159, 107, 102. And this weekend, 134.
00:48:18
Speaker
So as Holmes you said, these numbers are a bit inflated, so you need to be mindful of that. But there's no doubt he's the number one guy now. Bulk CBAs and we know he can get the ball on the outside. I think he'd be a really good pick. It's just a pity that his price is so high now. That's the only thing I'll say. I wish it was in the eights, not 9.12 I think it is.
00:48:44
Speaker
Jaden Short coming off 117 and 123. Listen as a keen, I know you are too, Louis, in the 831K price tag that he is. He's actually dropped cash for the year. He's affecting the others around him because he's just getting bulk pill back there.
00:49:02
Speaker
Yeah I'm super keen on him and what we saw from Jaden Short to start the year last year was the same role that he's in now and he started this season like a house on fire going at almost 120 across those first six weeks until the roll change and if he can repeat that again then he's absolute bargain at $830k.
00:49:22
Speaker
Even with the mid status, I mean, you know, you're going to get the DPP. I guess, well, you'd have to hope you get the DPP, uh, Lou, but you, you know, is that going to be hard to hold that? It's a bit of a leap of faith, but, um, round 12 is not too far away, but you would have to manage it in your team, obviously.
00:49:37
Speaker
Christian Petrarca as a proud owner, Holmsey, would you encourage others to jump on? 117 in his last three, looking like a premium weapon, but also had some drop-off in the center bounces on the weekend, so are you hoping for that forward status to come finally at some point?
00:49:52
Speaker
Nah, Dos, as Stado mentioned before, just with the matchup, so what tends to happen with these Melbourne games when they are absolutely dominating, so against West Coast and against North Melbourne, you know, Petrarca takes a bit of a backward step. Clary doesn't, but Petrarca spends a lot more time forward, so when the whips are cracking, he's in there pretty much full-time, and that really means that he doesn't get close enough to that 35%. We really needed it at round five when the data was, you know, so short, so...
00:50:22
Speaker
He's, I don't think he's an option at the moment because of how expensive he is. We've spent this whole podcast talking about the rookies not coming through and the cash not being there. So if you're spending up big money to get to a Petrarca at 940K, I think you're going to limit what is on the rest of your field. So he's been a fantastic pick. He's put up some ceiling scores now, but I'm not sure he's someone you want to be targeting at the moment in saying that I'm an owner. So maybe I'm biased, but yeah.
00:50:50
Speaker
Hami, Nick Newman, 164 coming off a massive game and 119 the week before. Yes, they were soft match-ups, but I think similar to maybe that Gold Coast we've seen, I mean, is it just a catalyst from them having these easy match-ups that they've gone this high mark game at Carlton or could you see Nick Newman being an option at 826k? Pretty expensive now.
00:51:13
Speaker
Yeah you couldn't do it could you? I mean you've just missed the ceiling score from him. I know he does have a ceiling don't get me wrong but I think there's quite a lot of competition down in the Blues backline and yeah he might have had a good roll this week but he also may have a lockdown back pocket roll next week so a bit unpredictable I feel.
00:51:32
Speaker
Just one thing on Nick Newman, Dossie, just in that game. So Colton had, I think, the fourth highest recorded fantasy point game on record. That's how much they dominated the Eagles. They sub-sarred out at halftime, and then Docherty sat the last 15 minutes on the pine. So although he was flying before that, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't expect those high ceiling type scores every week, if not again for the year.
00:51:58
Speaker
Agree. It's been a great leap of faith for coaches that have him currently as a point of difference though. It's been an awesome pick. Harry Perriman, 650K, Stado back in the lineup, back in that midfield. He's marked down to coming to my team round 10.
00:52:14
Speaker
Wow, really? For a four week stretch. So he's down 145K. Round 10 is where he will drop off that two score, round one. We all expected him to get a little bit of a spike with the couple that we're leaving, but now down 150K. He should bounce back a little bit, only about 20K of that because of that two score. He's got a couple of tough match ups and then he's got a good run until the buy.
00:52:44
Speaker
I'm going to take him on the good run as a bit of a bargain pick, get the coin and hopefully roll out with a uber premium out of him. Josh Richelli had a tough matchup on the weekend. Lou only put up 79 for owners. I know lots of people were keen on him though. Do you have any interest still on Richelli? He does have Geelong this week though as well.
00:53:05
Speaker
Not particularly. He's been a good pick for those who have started him and jumped on, but I think with the depth of forwards that we do have available that Joshua Shelley is just not in that top mix.
00:53:15
Speaker
Rory Atkins, final verdict, Holmesey. No, you're not keen. Nah, I never liked these players that are fringed best 22 and that's exactly what he is. So yeah, you might get another decent score out of him. But if he finds himself out of the side in two weeks time, like it has been historically, then you're stranded with someone that's, you know, in a bit of no man's land. So no, not for me.
00:53:37
Speaker
Port managed to get the big W on the weekend. Harmony based on putting the fossil back in the midfield. Bokeh, listeners are keen to look at him as an option in the 600 K range 654. Could you go there?
00:53:52
Speaker
Yeah, I loved seeing that in that last quarter, him going in, racking up into possessions, but I just don't feel like it's going to happen. I mean, I think we said last week, Stado, that they got a tight five in a rotation there, and I think him going in to the midfield was at the expense of Willem Drew and Ollie Wines from memory. So I just can't see it happening on a regular basis. That's the only reason why I don't think we can go there.
00:54:22
Speaker
If Jason Johansson is still an option stato, is it too late to jump on? No, I don't think it's too late. What's his price? I'll have to get that up there. It's about 550, I think, with a break even in the mid 30s. Yeah, so it's not too late. 575. There you go. It's not too late. Similar to Fe Iranian. It's about 560. Which would you take?
00:54:48
Speaker
bargain and I've got them all don't you worry about that Aaron Hall coming into some monster form Louie is there some interest in in the in another a fellow fossil talking about older players but he's racking up down there as we know he can
00:55:06
Speaker
massive interest in Aaron Hall. Yeah, so there's going to be some sugar there potentially you would think. We know Aaron Hall when he takes the field generally, he's a fantastic scorer. We also know that he's getting old, his body is prone to injury and perhaps he's not
00:55:25
Speaker
always best 22 in that side just based on Clarko's comments in the presser on the weekend. But I think if you're in a bit of a trickier position, you want to take a fly, you need to take a risk and try and get up the ranks, then Aaron Hall might be your ticket there.
00:55:42
Speaker
Uh, listeners want to know about the brace shores. Um, so let's speak to you, Holmsey, about maybe Angus as a cheaper defensive option now that he's fallen from grace and starting to put together some decent performances first. Angus. Uh, yeah, I don't think he's an option just yet. Purely, I think the numbers from the weekend and I don't actually have a score off the top of my head, but, um, like
00:56:04
Speaker
So he got 95 against North on the weekend, backing up an 80 against Richmond, and now he's got the same beautiful schedule that Melbourne have, Gold Coast Hawks. He's prices on the way back up. His prices going up now, I think, from memory. Yeah, he's down 194k, 88 breakeven this week at 684k.
00:56:22
Speaker
We see him as a top six defender because at that price you really need him to be a top six defender. I think there's probably better options. Like we mentioned in that North Melbourne game, roles were all over the place so maybe he was getting a little bit more of a role that he normally would if the game was tight. So I'd be leaning on the side of no because I don't think he's a top six defender but we have seen him do it before so if you are keen and you're bullish then yeah potentially it's a play to pick him up under priced.
00:56:50
Speaker
The other brayshore harmi down 111k but looked like a bit like the brayshore of old. I did miss this game to be fair but scoring 113 on paper looking like the brayshore of old. Maybe not until the rumours of this knee injury subsided a bit and he's running a bit freer. After the buy it makes sense for you. Is it around 12 buy state-o?
00:57:17
Speaker
Ah, yes. Yep. Yep. We had a listener request saying, Warpool, still an option at 688K. Could you jump on Warpool on a tear? You could. I'm holding him until he forces me to kick him out because he's still making cash and still putting the score 103 on the weekend. And ever since Day left, he got the opportunity to go back inside. He looked great on the weekend.
00:57:46
Speaker
kicked a blinder of a gold, too, just quietly. But I wouldn't be bringing him in at that price. So what's he made? About $2.50, $2.25. You're too late. There's plenty of options. Have a look at some of those cheaper Gold Coast options. I'd rather be going there than warp. Because his time will end somewhere this season. We just don't know when.
00:58:12
Speaker
Our last two listener requests. I didn't put this in myself. I promise Louis Matt Rao, the only Gold Coast player. We bloody haven't talked about this episode. He had 26 disposals, four marks, no untackles on the weekend, mate. He's having, he's stringing together some monster performances for his coach. I'm talking about his coach. What did our reality score on the weekend?
00:58:35
Speaker
110. Season 10. Yeah, look, I'm, I've told you before, Dossie, I'm not against Matty Ral. I just think that he's a contested base. That's more that 100 guy when he's on and when he's playing his best football rather than the 110 plus guy that what we may have thought a couple of years ago.
00:58:54
Speaker
And, Holmsey, finally, our last one here, Jai Simpkin. Obviously, LDU was out of the side on the weekend, but Simpkin priced very cheaply at 759K, down just about 90K for the year. Still got a relatively, you know, 105 for his break even, but he's got the Saints this week. Is Jai Simpkin an option?
00:59:13
Speaker
Put simply dos. Yes, he is not because I think he's going to be a top eight mid But because his price is getting very attractive. We know that his role inside that North Melbourne side is secure Clearly no LDU on the weekend. So maybe his CBA's and that were maybe a little bit inflated but like we spoke about these are the type of players we might need to look at this year due to a lack of cash Jen and What we do know about simpkin is he loves flying home? I think he went at 105 post by the last two years. So he does love to come home. So
00:59:43
Speaker
It doesn't have to be this week, but they do have St Kilda, so it wouldn't surprise me if he can crack the ton and have his biggest score for the year. We love getting Stado's opinion of his favourite targets for the week, and that's what we love to call the Fossils 5.
01:00:05
Speaker
Alright, let's get into the Fossils 5 Stado, and I do want to, if you guys can reach out and figure out what the theme song for the Stado's Fossils 5 comes from, that'll be a little bit of a trivia question for the week on our Twitter, I might put it out there. Stado, do you happen to know what it is?
01:00:26
Speaker
I'll have to have another listener again. I haven't paid that much attention to your work, Dos. Actually, I only listen back to find out what Harmony's actually said. But it's the little drops of wisdom that I'm after. You know, Launceston basically is the center of the fantasy world. Oh, I know. I know that. Don't you worry about that. Let's get your five though, Stado.
01:00:51
Speaker
Okay, number one, as we're talking about our rookies, there's not a lot of great options. So if you haven't got him, you've got a number one priority is get Chincotta, just the money he's going to make. So it should be a 60 odd thousand this week. So jump on.
01:01:11
Speaker
Then I want to talk about three value options because I think most teams are still looking around that area. So number one I've got Will Day at 768. I put him at number two because depending on whether you need a defender or a midfielder he can fit in either one. Round 14, so just be mindful.
01:01:34
Speaker
Not a lot of people have around 14 midfielders but have quite a few in that defensive zone, so thinking of managing your setup for the buyers as well. Number three, Tom Stewart, so still 7.76, so still really good value. Obviously he bottomed out at 7.30 and he won't get any cheaper unless there is a
01:02:00
Speaker
and the series early injury and he's playing fantastic footy as well and a perfect buy. So a great one for you. Go to Rene, I've got down at four. Disrespectful. Stado. Down at four. That's disrespectful.
01:02:22
Speaker
The reason why two and three as in Dane Stewart ahead of him does is Dane Stewart will stay in your team for the rest of the season. What will Feireni have to score to get an apology out of you next week, Sado, to putting him up for it? The whole point is about him lasting the season. Him actually getting more than three CBA's.
01:02:47
Speaker
getting more... Getting more than a hundred and twelve. Sorry, State Ale. Have to get more than a hundred and twelve next week. And more than getting dropped for Sean Lemons. So all those things that you need to put into place for him to be a keeper. Has he got the scoring power? Yes, he has, Doss. But has he got the guarantee to play 23 rounds of footy? Has he played all the games?
01:03:16
Speaker
All right, so I guess we'll just round this out with your fifth. Your fifth is Jake Stringer by the looks on the run sheet here. Is that right?
01:03:23
Speaker
Another rookie, although I'm just not as comfortable with the job security, all the scoring is Ryan England. Look, he's looked fine, so as a footballer he's fine, but as his junior career, he did miss, because of COVID, he did miss one of the years, so it was only his bottom age we get to see the figures from, but he did average 43. So
01:03:46
Speaker
I'm just mindful that he won't have the ceiling that we really want. So he'll be a slow burner. So that means you may be still be able to get him in a couple of weeks time if he keeps his spot and help you through the bias.
01:04:02
Speaker
All right, well, that'll wrap up the show. Thanks again, everyone, for listening. Thanks to Harmony, Homsey, Louie, and Stado. I'm your boy, Dossi. And always remember, be brave, be bold, be buzz. See you next week.
01:04:25
Speaker
I was going to bring up the fact that you brought up an 11 week block of stats from two and a half years ago to prove your point.