Round 14 VC/C SuperCoach picks: Two players included for the first time! - Honeyball
Round 14 VC/C SuperCoach picks: Two players included for the first time!
ROUND 14 VICE CAPTAINS
Josh Dunkley
I’ve gone with Dunks over Neale here just because the way Neale has been dominating, I’m expecting the tag to come his way. I have had Dunks in a few write ups of late but he has been going slightly unders. He threatened last week with 10 disposals and a goal in the first quarter but didn’t finish off strong enough. Over his last 6 games against the Saints he has an average of 116.3 SuperCoach points and his last two games at the Gabba he has scored 163 and 115. Saints rank 10th for midfield opposition scoring and I expect a solid game.
Luke Ryan
Fremantle have the highest disposals a game and also the best disposal efficiency in the league of any team. I expect that these stats are inflated by how often they try and chip it around in defence to try and cut through the oppositions zone. It seems that every exit from D50 involves a few chip kicks which are generally completed without any pressure because the team is already moved into their defensive zone. Luke Ryan and Jordan Clark are the beneficiaries of this game plan and they kick it to each other the most out of any two players in the league. So far this season, Ryan has played at Marvel twice and has scored 127 and 122. Marvel does tend to favour half backs and with Western Bulldogs being Ryan’s 3rd best career average, He will more than likely getting the VC for Yeah Na Cheers.
Marcus Bontempelli
Bont was tagged last week which limited his clearance work but a ‘quiet’ game for Bont was still 19 disposals and 3 goals. This season Bont has played at Marvel 7 times and is averaging 124 and last year pumped out 182 in Round 6 against Fremantle. This guy is always a safe pick.
Tim English
Tim has not featured this season in my write ups but he does enjoy the match up of Fremantle. Over 14 games he averages 110.3 SuperCoach points and his last 3 games he has scored 134, 131 and 127. Besides the recent anomaly of Gawn’s 95, some recent ruck scores against Fremantle have been 128 (Cameron) and 169 (Marshall). I quite like this match up.
ROUND 14 CAPTAINS
Isaac Heeney
The Sydney midfield is pretty much unstoppable at the moment. In the past 5 games between Heeney, Warner and Gulden they have kicked 22 goals. This is what is making Sydney so hard to stop! Out of the 3 mentioned, Heeney has the best record against the Crows with them being his best career average match up averaging 103 SuperCoach points over 9 games. His last 4 games against the Crows he is averaging bang on 120. I don’t think the Crows have the cattle to stop this trio and I like Heeney as a pick.
Nick Daicos
Nick was tagged out of the game on the weekend and then was subbed out with a corked shin. The report is good and looks fine to go around this week. This season I have tried to find the key midfielder each week in the opposing team to North Melbourne as they are the 3rd easiest team for midfielders to score against. Over the last 2 months of footy the highest scorer has been a midfielder with some scorers including Yeo 127, Boak 133, Miller 122, Sinclair 134 and Laird 149. He’s a star, so just pick him.
ROUND 14 POD CAPTAIN
Zac Fisher
Here is a little left field option for the week. I expect Collingwood to dominate the game which will result in plenty of kick-ins and the ball in the defensive area. Collingwood have kicked the 4th most behinds of any team this season which plays into Fisher’s hands with his last 3 games having 10, 9 and 8 kick-ins. To back all this up, Collingwood are the 4th easiest team to score against for defenders with some recent defenders going 132, 134, 132, 124, 141, 148, 146 and 141 since their bye in Round 5, I am really tempted by this match up!
CASEY’S CAPTAIN CONFIDENCE RATING:
Vice Captains:
- Luke Ryan
- Marcus Bontempelli
- Tim English
Captains:
- Zac Fisher
- Nick Daicos
- Isaac Heeney
