Premo Midfield Guns – Which Ones??
By Captain Risky
This is the top 10 players based on 2019 Total Points, Averages (+ Kelly/Whitfield), and Price (+Mitchell), which works out to be 13 players.
You might already have them locked, maybe you are still dithering a bit.
These guys are all beasts, it’s hard to start leaving players out but we can’t have them all , I thought it might be useful to look at who produces the big C / VC worthy scores and how often during the season, which players will hurt you if you don’t have them in your side? who started better and finished worse, or who started slow and came home stronger and who scored better in wins v losses..
Maybe it’s helpful, maybe it just makes things more confusing!
| Scores | ||||||||||||||
| Player | Age | Bye | Games 2019 | 100+ | 120+ | 130+ | 140+ | 150+ | Max | Min | Avg | Avg win | Avg Loss | Avg Post bye |
| Bontempelli | 24.26 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 166 | 70 | 115 | 120.2 | 108.2 | 117 |
| Cripps | 24.95 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 194 | 66 | 117 | 121.5 | 115.2 | 112 |
| Dangerfield | 29.9 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 163 | 26 | 115 | 117.1 | 110.3 | 123 |
| Dunkley | 23.13 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 202 | 73 | 116 | 129 | 101.3 | 131 |
| Fyfe | 28.44 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 154 | 63 | 120 | 124 | 117.3 | 120 |
| Kelly | 24.04 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 82 | 117 | 124.3 | 108.3 | 104 |
| Macrae | 25.57 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 155 | 84 | 123 | 128.6 | 116.7 | 133 |
| Neale | 26.76 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 190 | 79 | 121 | 121.8 | 120 | 131 |
| Oliver | 22.6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 175 | 53 | 109 | 126 | 104.5 | 112 |
| Treloar | 26.97 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 177 | 68 | 113 | 117.6 | 104.4 | 124 |
| Whitfield | 25.61 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 170 | 45 | 111 | 115.1 | 102.8 | 112 |
| Zorko | 31.05 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 61 | 107 | 108.1 | 102.7 | 117 |
| Mitchell (2018) | 26.74 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 192 | 72 | 129 | 128.9 | 129.6 | 135 |
| Grundy | 19 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| Gawn | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
So thinking starting players V upgrade targets? which teams win more games this year, which teams lose more? Player Durability, Age and Byes…
Tom Mitchell was HUGE in 2018, can he get back near to his best?
Patrick Cripps started better than he finished, (last 3 years actually). If you don’t start him do you miss his best scores? or will he be good all year?
Oliver scored better in wins (Very small sample, sorry Dees fans!), can they win more games this year?
Dunkley didn’t score over 100 for the first 6 games, then managed 14 out of 16 onwards. Is he under-priced or overrated?
I used to think 120+ was an acceptable C/VC score- did I just have crap players? ( No need to answer that ☹!)
What’s your selection criteria? Any observations? Your thoughts?
Right now currently I’ve got Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Bont, Oliver
Thoughts?
Looks good mate, can't fault those five.
Current starting crew,
Bont, Cripps, Whitfield,Oliver, Martin, McGrath, Dev Smith, Rowell,
Stephens, Picket and Rivers.
Any comments appreciated
What do you see McGrath averaging this year Tibor…is he there as a stepping stone or a keeper?
Oliver is an absolute lock for me. He stood out in an ordinary team (Dees only 5 wins for 2019). He was able to produce 14 x 100+ scores from 22 appearances. At his age you'd think he's got loads of improvement in him, his disposal efficiency needs tweaking for one. And the clincher is his price, under $600k is a steal.
My other starting (uber) mids are Neale, Cripps, Bont and Cogs. I'll prob regret not starting Macrae instead of Bont but I gotta feeling about the Bont too. Clarry and Bont for Charlie this year?
Darcy MacPherson 444k Mid /Fwd – after 2 excellent games of 132 & 128 SC pts and playing in the Mids during both is now in my FWD line and replaced CP5 (Petracca )
Yes looked very good DBB, beware though…it could be a trap, from a Petrappa to a Macpherstrap lol
Macrae, Neale, Cripps, Oliver, Cogs – could change , haven't looked byes ect
I have exact
Currently got Neale, Cripps, Mitchell, Oliver & Tim Kelly. Still tossing up whether to change Oliver to Bont or Fyfe.
Neale, Bont, Titch, Oliver (rude not to at his price) and Cripps
Macrae is a must but at his current price you’re paying full price, so will wait and see how he goes
I have Macrae, Dunkley, Danger, Tich and Oliver