CASH COW OF THE WEEK

5 Harry Sheezel NM, DEF/FWD – 98 u Now with seven perfect five-vote games in eight weeks, another 30-disposal effort saw him push his price to $784K. He has now scored the third-most points of all available defenders.

4 Dylan Williams PA, FWD – 94 u Flying under the radar with fewer than 5000 owners in Fantasy Classic, Williams collected 24 disposals with 17 being kicks. That’s a big tick for increased Fantasy scoring!

Michael Barlow Medal

u That’s the stat-stuffing Josh Dunkley (FWD/MID, $906,000) we have been waiting to see! The Lions’ prized recruit was on fire, recording a rare quadruple double with 22 kicks, 11 handballs, 11 marks and 13 tackles for a round-high 172. He is heating up with a five-round average of 111 and a couple of nice match-ups on the horizon against the Bombers and Suns at the Gabba. The epic performance of ‘Dunks’ had a huge flow-on effect with six players reaching 150-plus. Giants young gun Tom Green (MID, $962,000) became the highest-averaging midfielder after a phenomenal performance against the Bulldogs with 38 possessions, six marks, nine tackles and three goals for 170. Roos defender Jack Ziebell recorded the fastest triple-figure score

Warnie

WARNE DAWGS since 2014, reaching the mark in the second quarter before going on to finish with 168 from 36 possessions and 18 marks. Despite not having a CBA, Swan Errol Gulden (FWD/MID, $832,000) had an absolute day out with a season-high 161 from 37 possessions, 13 marks and four tackles while Fremantle star Andrew Brayshaw (MID, $917,000) showed he was over his knee complaint with a dominant performance against the Hawks with 36 touches, nine marks, eight tackles and two goals for 157.

TOP ROUND 8 SCORERS

ROUND 8 2318 pts

The bye rounds will dictate my trades for the next month.

Targeting Suns and Cats is a good move as they will be available in rounds 12, 14 and 15 while they are the only players missing in round 13. We get three trades and only the best 18 scores count in byes.

Roy DESTROY

3 Ollie Hollands CARL, MID – 86 u A nother big game with 21 disposals and a goal, Hollands’ breakeven is 32, which means there’s plenty of cash still to make to add to the impressive $224K he’s increased by so far.

2 Alex Cincotta

CARL, DEF/MID – 75 u A model of consistency with scores of 76, 77 and 75 to start his career, the mature-age SSP signing is a safe play on-field for coaches with the handy DEF/MID dual-position status.

1 Samson Ryan RICH, RUC/FWD – 69 u Coaches who selected Ryan as their bench ruck are laughing all the way to the bank as he has increased $204K. He is also the only basement-priced ruck to have played most games.

LEADERBOARD:

ROUND 8 2410 pts

Many coaches are torn at the trade table when trading out an underperforming premium who is dropping in value as opposed to removing rookies off the ground. More often than not, I am in favour of removing the rookies as soon as possible.

Calvin CALVINATOR

ROUND 8 2281 pts

I had five of the top six scorers last weekend, but still couldn’t beat the other two. Kudos to the coaches who nailed one of the big captain scores last round. Hopefully I have a big 150-plus return from my skipper in round nine. I definitely need it!