Position 2023: Midfield Discussion

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LDU owners.

Just a form slump or carrying some minor injury, like Brayshaw, and set to plummet? I'm tempted to pull the trigger, but it's a big call. Probably has to be this week or carry and hope for the best.

Thoughts?
I reckon there is a niggle. Played 20 less minutes last round vs what he was averaging the rounds before that. Seems slightly off.. but think he comes good so I’ll hold and upgrade around him. He’s a luxury last upgrade at his bye if he hasn’t found form by then but trying to avoid any sideways trades during upgrade season!
 
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I reckon there is a niggle. Played 20 less minutes last round vs what he was averaging the rounds before that. Seems slightly off.. but think he comes good so I’ll hold and upgrade around him. He’s a luxury last upgrade at his bye if he hasn’t found form by then but trying to avoid any sideways trades during upgrade season!
Yeah, bad time of year for it when trying to upgrade. I'm already 80k in the hole from docherty as well. Will be a disaster if LDU ends up in the 400s
 
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Noah Anderson worth some consideration as an underpriced MID upgrade option. $556k BE 84. Pretty much the number one banana in the GC midfield. 144 v the Tigers on the weekend shows he's got the ceiling and with Touk possibly out for an extended period, his scores should be more consistent now. Rd13 bye very handy.
 

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What's going on with Andy Brayshaw this year? Is a a turnaround on the cards?
He appeared to be carrying something (perhaps a knee niggle?) for a number of weeks and was underperforming as a result.

He came out and said he was right a couple of rounds ago, just before or after that big score. I think Longmuir called it a “distraction”, ie downplayed the significance of the injury.

I traded him in recently and he’s been slightly disappointing, albeit I am considering getting him in Dream Team, in which his performance has still been very good (11th by average in the comp, 6th best mid).

That indicates to me that he may have been a little more outside this year/his disposal efficiency may be down.
 
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Comparative Pricing Tables - Mids

I have run off two tables comparing the 20 highest priced mids at the start of the season against the current top 20 on price.
I hope most of it is self-explanatory but these notes should help.

Notes 1 column
An XX indicates that the player is no longer in the top 20 (not in the right-hand table)
An A indicates that the player was added as a forward as a mid-season DPP
Blank or just A indicates the player is somewhere in the Current table
Notes 2 column
Blank indicates the player was not in the original top 20 list
Otherwise for players in both lists there will be a notation xx -> yy showing the from & to rankings
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The 3 at the top of the current table have held their ground really well, but 5 of the next 7 (5 of the top 10) have jumped in from lower down the ranks.
4 of the top 10 are DPPs
 
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