Just checking Brisbane/ Lachie Neale's draw to start the season :-
Lions play Sydney round 1:
Neale's average v Sydney - 80. Last 4 scores :- 55 (I recall Clarke putting a hard tag on him), 108, 110 + 44.
Geelong at GMHBA (difficult ground for opposition teams with its different shape) round 2:
Neale's average v Geelong - 95. Last 4 scores :- 134, 103, 132 + 94 (he had some poor scores early in career v cats which explains the low overall average). Average from 4 games played he has played at GMHBA is 100.
& Collingwood round 3:
Neale's average v Collingwood - 88. Last 4 scores :- 113, 91,140 + 104.
Bit concerning given his starting price is 721K, plays 3 of his lowest scoring opposition teams to start the season. Sure the stats can be misleading, he is a different player now than a few years ago but still not great past history there.
With the stats
@Connoisseur provided on Gawn with his past history v his starting teams, if you can only fit 1 x 700K player in your team to start then I think Gawn looks a safer bet.