Position SC 2021: Forward Discussion

Which ‘keepers’ are you planning on starting with?

  • Dangerfield

    Votes: 44 63.8%
  • Sidebottom

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dunkley

    Votes: 38 55.1%
  • Zorko

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • Dusty

    Votes: 22 31.9%
  • Heeney

    Votes: 4 5.8%
  • Greene

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • De Goey

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • Phillips

    Votes: 19 27.5%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 10.1%

  • Total voters
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After Round 16 Top 10 on Aggregate

Interesting to see what the injuries to Butters , Dangerfield & Dunkley provided (so far)

Ziebell 1709
Zorko 1577 (14)
Dale 1425
Dixon 1409 - KPF
Hind 1385
Hawkins 1383 - KPF
McDonald 1343 - KPF
Martin 1341 (14)
Bailey 1323
Walker 1296 (14) - KPF

Expect Ziebell , Dale & Hind to be D next season.
 
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After Round 16 Top 10 on Aggregate

Interesting to see what the injuries to Butters , Dangerfield & Dunkley provided (so far)

Ziebell 1709
Zorko 1577 (14)
Dale 1425
Dixon 1409 - KPF
Hind 1385
Hawkins 1383 - KPF
McDonald 1343 - KPF
Martin 1341 (14)
Bailey 1323
Walker 1296 (14) - KPF

Expect Ziebell , Dale & Hind to be D next season.
Zorko probably should be mid only next year as well which would be pretty destructive to the position. Though there's a chance for a few guns getting it next year but it's a pretty tentative case for all of Fyfe, Pendles, Darcy, Hunter, Billings and Kelly (the main guys who've got it in LOL).
 
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Zorko probably should be mid only next year as well which would be pretty destructive to the position. Though there's a chance for a few guns getting it next year but it's a pretty tentative case for all of Fyfe, Pendles, Darcy, Hunter, Billings and Kelly (the main guys who've got it in LOL).
I hope Darcy isn't R/F because then he becomes an auto-pick :cry: I want the thrill of having to choose two of Gawn, Grundy and Darcy to start on the ruck line, and to partake in all the debate that follows. I personally have already picked my two :sneaky:
 

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I hope Darcy isn't R/F because then he becomes an auto-pick :cry:
He won't be. He received the FWD status in the other fantasy comp at round five or six (whenever they did the first batch up additions) as a result of spending a large portion of time forward in the opening of couple of rounds as he worked back in after the preseason injury, sharing the duties with Meek. Would be baffled to think he's kept his forward % at a level above the mid 30's mark that's needed across the last three months of the season, and if it was somehow still borderline, I'd expect it to slip under with the last seven rounds to come.
 
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After Round 16 Top 10 on Aggregate

Interesting to see what the injuries to Butters , Dangerfield & Dunkley provided (so far)

Ziebell 1709
Zorko 1577 (14)
Dale 1425
Dixon 1409 - KPF
Hind 1385
Hawkins 1383 - KPF
McDonald 1343 - KPF
Martin 1341 (14)
Bailey 1323
Walker 1296 (14) - KPF

Expect Ziebell , Dale & Hind to be D next season.
Looking forward

Hunter 1270 (14)
Billings 1235 (14)

Imagine Duncan will be a lock

Dangerfield , Duncan , Hunter , Martin Sidebottom , Zorko

v Bailey , Billings , Bolton , Butters

+ English & Marshall

won't need any KPF
 
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Be a fascinating preseason again reading the Gawn is a automatic lock comments and people don't even (refuse to) consider other alternatives.

Round 1-6 141.16 average
Round 7 - 16 111.11 average

take out the 63 in Round 7 and it is 117.12
Probably needed to post it in the Ruck thread
 
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Any guesses what Buddy averages from here? Am I crazy for considering it? Should I just grab Hawkins for 10k more?
 
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Any guesses what Buddy averages from here? Am I crazy for considering it? Should I just grab Hawkins for 10k more?
Currently am a Hawkins owner and brought him as I thought his scoring was better with Cameron in the team taking some attention away from him.

Small sample sizes but Hawkins without Cameron in the side is averaging 82 while he is averaging 97.3 with Cameron in the side.

Buddy seems like the riskier option due to durability but has only dropped below 90 once in his past 6 games.

Swans draw really opens up after this week and with the lure of the chase to 1,000 anything could happen in those last few weeks against North and Gold Coast.

Just some points to ponder but feel as though you should back your gut instinct as you're currently ranked very highly!
 
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Any guesses what Buddy averages from here? Am I crazy for considering it? Should I just grab Hawkins for 10k more?
Currently am a Hawkins owner and brought him as I thought his scoring was better with Cameron in the team taking some attention away from him.

Small sample sizes but Hawkins without Cameron in the side is averaging 82 while he is averaging 97.3 with Cameron in the side.

Buddy seems like the riskier option due to durability but has only dropped below 90 once in his past 6 games.

Swans draw really opens up after this week and with the lure of the chase to 1,000 anything could happen in those last few weeks against North and Gold Coast.

Just some points to ponder but feel as though you should back your gut instinct as you're currently ranked very highly!
Buddy could be a great POD move and his last 4 look extremely tasty with Essendon, Saints, North, GC his final month.

He's played 4 of his last 7 opponents already this year with an average of 108 vs that group.

Essendon (rd 4) - 78 points
GWS (rd 5) - 130 points
Freo (rd 10) - 130 points
Saints (round 12) - 95 points

Throw in the games vs North and GC where he should score the same at a minimum (or at least average that across the two games), then if he goes at 108 against those 6 and scores 70 vs the dogs this week, you'll get a last 7 game average of 102 points.

I also think Froff makes a good point - he will be targeted just about every inside 50 in the last few games to help get him over the line for 1,000 goals.

The only risk I really see is injury as he does have that history, so if you are needing someone to guarantee play 7 games as you have no cover I'd lean towards Hawkins, but if you can afford an injury then Bud could be a bold move to get you higher in the run home!
 
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Buddy could be a great POD move and his last 4 look extremely tasty with Essendon, Saints, North, GC his final month.

He's played 4 of his last 7 opponents already this year with an average of 108 vs that group.

Essendon (rd 4) - 78 points
GWS (rd 5) - 130 points
Freo (rd 10) - 130 points
Saints (round 12) - 95 points

Throw in the games vs North and GC where he should score the same at a minimum (or at least average that across the two games), then if he goes at 108 against those 6 and scores 70 vs the dogs this week, you'll get a last 7 game average of 102 points.

I also think Froff makes a good point - he will be targeted just about every inside 50 in the last few games to help get him over the line for 1,000 goals.

The only risk I really see is injury as he does have that history, so if you are needing someone to guarantee play 7 games as you have no cover I'd lean towards Hawkins, but if you can afford an injury then Bud could be a bold move to get you higher in the run home!
Gotta love a good ol' Bluddy (hail) Mary! :LOL:
 
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Top 10 by Aggregate

Zorko 2297 (21)
Ziebell 2260 (20) - Defender 2022
Hall 2105 (20) - Defender 2022
Dale 2095 - Defender 2022
Hawkins 2065
Hind 2046 - Defender 2022
Dixon 1960
Smith , I 1877 (21)
Bailey , Z 1859
Sidebottom 1834 (21)

Special mention:

Daniher was 12th on Aggregate
 
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Top 11 by Average

Zorko 109.4 (21)
Ziebell 107.6 (21)
Hall 105.2 (20)
Dangerfield 104.3 (13)
Dunkley 102.5 (11)
Strachan 100.5 (2)
Marshall 98.6 (13)
Dale 98.5
Hawkins 93.9
STRINGER 93.1 (18) must be a mistake 🤔

11. Hind 93
 
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Top 10 by Aggregate

Zorko 2297 (21)
Ziebell 2260 (20) - Defender 2022
Hall 2105 (20) - Defender 2022
Dale 2095 - Defender 2022
Hawkins 2065
Hind 2046 - Defender 2022
Dixon 1960
Smith , I 1877 (21)
Bailey , Z 1859
Sidebottom 1834 (21)

Special mention:

Daniher was 12th on Aggregate
Just saw the posts on Taranto , aggregate 2141

could become very relevant if he is a F/M
 
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