Fantasy Football

FANTASY PIG OF THE WEEK

u Although he wasn’t the top scorer of the round, Reilly O’Brien (135) has finally got his 2021 campaign underway. It all started in the last quarter of his round three match where he scored 57 points, which was more than he was averaging a game at that point. On top of his 31 hit-outs, ‘ROB’ collected 24 disposals and kicked a goal to rack up 135 points last Sunday. He’s dropped $147K from his starting price, so consider him as an under-priced premium if he can keep it up!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

u Massive returns from Max Gawn (135) and Tim Taranto (129) place them as the highest scorers of the past two weeks. After a ton in round one, Lachie Sholl (130) didn’t set the world on fire in the next two rounds, but with 25 kicks running along the Marvel Stadium wing last Sunday, he made good on his medium-sized price tag. More midfield time for Adam Treloar (127) helped him boost his numbers with a game-high 10 tackles.

TOP ROUND 4 SCORERS

PLAYER SCORE

Touk Miller GCS 140 Christian Petracca MELB 136 Reilly O’Brien ADEL 135 Max Gawn MELB 132 Lachie Sholl ADEL 130 Tim Taranto GWS 129 Clayton Oliver MELB 128 Adam Treloar WB 127 Luke Parker SYD 126 Brad Crouch STK 125

CASH COWS OF THE WEEK

MICHAEL BARLOW MEDAL VOTES

5DANIEL McKENZIE

STK, DEF – 96 u The Saints bounced back in a big way with a come-from-behind victory which included McKenzie racking up a career-high Fantasy score thanks to 21 disposals, seven marks, three tackles and a goal. Don’t expect this often, as it’s just his sixth score of 70 or more in his 52 games.

4CHAD WARNER

SYD, FWD – 95 u Just fell short of back-to-back tons in another outstanding outing for the Swans.

3NIK COX

ESS, DEF/FWD – 93 u An epic game from the ‘Unicorn’, playing almost every role possible.

2TOM POWELL

NM, MID – 91 u We can keep fielding Powell and get price rises for quite a few more rounds.

1LACHIE JONES

PA, DEF – 68 u The 19-year-old man-mountain was fantastic on debut with 17 disposals.

BUY HOLD SELL

ADAM TRELOAR

WESTERN BULLDOGS

MID, $720,000

„After dropping $92,000 since moving to the Kennel, the time is right to jump on the ball magnet. In the past two games, his centre bounce attendances have been high and he has scored 106 and 127.

REILLY O’BRIEN

ADELAIDE

RUC, $681,000

„After an awful two-and-a-half games, kick-started his season after opponent Jarrod Witts went down. He played a season-high 94 per cent game-time for 135 last week, which included eight marks. Has a BE of 86.

CHANGKUOTH JIATH

HAWTHORN

DEF, $501,000

„An absolute legend. ‘CJ’ continued his awesome form with seven of his 12 marks coming via intercepts for a score of 102. Has a BE of just 18 and is playing at a level where he could be locked in for the rest of the season.

ALSO CONSIDER:

Lachie Sholl, Tom Mitchell, Brad Crouch

Warnie

WARNE DAWGS ROUND 4 – 1854 PTS

LACHIE HUNTER

WESTERN BULLDOGS

MID, $748,000

„After being one of the top-averaging players last year, has taken the biggest role hit since the addition of Adam Treloar and is averaging just 85. On a positive note, he will be a good chance to gain forward status.

JOSH KELLY

GWS GIANTS

MID, $724,000

„Another star midfielder who has had an extreme role change. His CBAs and time on the wing are well down and his scoring reflects that, but if he gains forward status, he will be a highly-sought prospect, so hold fire.

CALEB DANIEL

WESTERN BULLDOGS

DEF, $645,00

„As much as he deserves to be traded after one of the worst performances I have seen by an accomplished player, scoring 20, not to mention his one-week suspension … actually, feel free to trade him and his 141 BE.

ALSO CONSIDER:

Lachie Neale, Tom Phillips, Marcus Bontempelli

Roy

DESTROY ROUND 4 – 1839 PTS

JORDAN DE GOEY

COLLINGWOOD

FWD, $550,000

„After an outstanding game in the pre-season playing as a midfielder, De Goey has played predominantly forward and hasn’t kicked enough goals to register a decent score, as we saw last weekend with an absolute shocker of 44. Trade ASAP.

ZAK BUTTERS

PORT ADELAIDE

FWD, $616,000

„In a cruel blow for his owners, the young star was dominating against the Tigers early before succumbing to an injury on 83. It looks like it will keep him out for the foreseeable future, so he will have to go.

TAYLOR ADAMS

COLLINGWOOD

MID, $752,000

„Unfortunately for his five per cent of owners, the Pie will have to go after injuring his knee. He will be on the sidelines for 10 weeks, with an in-form star such as Tom Mitchell looking like a ripe replacement.

ALSO CONSIDER:

Isaac Heeney, Patty Dow, Jordan Clark

Calvin

CALVINATOR ROUND 4 – 1837 PTS

u After this round, the first batch of dual-position additions will be announced. Expect Dyson Heppell and Jack Ziebell to gain DEF status, while Nat Fyfe and Lachie Hunter could add FWD. u Taylor Walker has made more money than any of the high-achieving cash cows this season, adding $260K thanks to his season average of 115. Well done to those who jumped on.

u Chasing fallen premiums is a big part of the game. Lachie Neale has dropped $197K this season, making him a potential target when he bottoms out in price shortly.

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