Position 2025 Fantasy Midfielders

[Thelethal97]

With days early run being gross I think he needs to go 100 round 0 for me to pick him. Otherwise just run 3 mid rooks

Similar thoughts but rather a 3rd mid rook, a different mid pricer

Want 2/3 of Peats, Day and Hollands

Locking in TT, Roz, Cez and Clarry for other premo/mid pricers

 

[Dan12]

I reckon Brayshaw, Rozee and Taranto are such a safe starting 3. Then Oliver, Cerra and Peatling I can't see much going wrong.
Green and Ashcroft are terrific value imo- it's just those annoying byes. They are the priority trade ins post bye though.

The issue I am having is that I think there are so many mid rooks we'll need to have. I think Lalor, FOS, Lindsay, Langford, L Ashcroft, Jagga, Lombard and Draper will play. Eight of the first 11 picks. How do I justify only fitting five of these guys in?

 

[The Talent Scout]

I reckon Brayshaw, Rozee and Taranto are such a safe starting 3. Then Oliver, Cerra and Peatling I can't see much going wrong.
Green and Ashcroft are terrific value imo- it's just those annoying byes. They are the priority trade ins post bye though.

The issue I am having is that I think there are so many mid rooks we'll need to have. I think Lalor, FOS, Lindsay, Langford, L Ashcroft, Jagga, Lombard and Draper will play. Eight of the first 11 picks. How do I justify only fitting five of these guys in?

I think you'll be fine Dan12, how many mid rookies do we choose this year, is it two/three/or four? Lets have a look; first up Levi Ashcroft, the kids very good but straight into a premiership midfield? While coaches sometimes spring surprises, I would be gobsmacked if he walked straight into that Lions midfield, baring injury. Sam Lalor, the number #1 draft pick but another coming off injury, been training well and they do need to get games into them but his endurance is going to take a while which is understandable but he is very good.

Sid Draper, another gun, but remember the crows brought in Cumming{for the wing role} Peatling for the midfield {good player this boy} and Isac Rankine tearing it up at training, he's going to be spending more time in the midfield and that's without Dawson, Matt Crouch, at least Laird going to half back is something, Lachie Sholl, jake Soligo who is highly promising and youngster Billy Dowling and Alex Neal Bullen who will probably play mid- half forward role, so even though I've got a big opinion also on Sid, is he going to go straight into their midfield?

Finn O' Sullivan will get games straight away, training well and he's got that x-factor, one of the three best kicks in the draft and he rarely wastes a disposal, but the question on him in Fantasy is, is he going to be a big enough scorer? Leo Lombard, well in my eyes if he doesn't make that Gold Coast team in the opening round or round 1 then that will be quite surprising after ripping it up last year, but again Coaches don't care about Fantasy, so will he make the team?

Lindsay & Langford, well baring injury I'll be shocked if they don't play, the Demons need some youth in the midfield and they sure as heck got it! The best kick in the draft {Lindsay} is a beautiful mover, so elegant then sizes up his options, another who very rarely wastes the ball. Langford is probably a little ahead in my eyes as for scoring goes, but not by much, he's a true midfielder who can really attack the ball, but again with Simon Goodwin in charge its another wait and see here/ what roles other players have got and that same question, will Goody play both of them or one or give them a few games in the reserves to get some game time and confidence first?

Jagga, a very good player, in fantasy, just plonk him in your team and forget about him! Sure some coaches will be playing them in their "A" team but sometimes this means nothing they can be doing this for many reasons. Like just seeing how they go/ can they implement the teams strategy straight away/ can they play multiple roles and if they can, see how they preform, the reverse can be a factor to with playing in the so called "B" team, what if the coach wanted to see how the youngster would shape up against their best and see how he would go? The old fashion way, your in the "B" side at the moment, show us if you want to be in the "A" team, show us what you've got?

Different coaches will have very different ideas about this very thing, they might want to ease their young star into the big league or they might just play them for whatever reason so while training can be a pointer, it can also be a little misleading as players can be doing so many different things at training, like different roles and finally, this opening round nonsense where only 8 teams play is almost as bad as the bloody sub rule, nobody likes it, many coaches wanted it gone and just have 5 on the bench which makes perfect sense, but its the AFL so maybe we wait another year.

 

[Barrybran]

I reckon Brayshaw, Rozee and Taranto are such a safe starting 3. Then Oliver, Cerra and Peatling I can't see much going wrong.
Green and Ashcroft are terrific value imo- it's just those annoying byes. They are the priority trade ins post bye though.

The issue I am having is that I think there are so many mid rooks we'll need to have. I think Lalor, FOS, Lindsay, Langford, L Ashcroft, Jagga, Lombard and Draper will play. Eight of the first 11 picks. How do I justify only fitting five of these guys in?

I think you'll be fine Dan12, how many mid rookies do we choose this year, is it two/three/or four? Lets have a look; first up Levi Ashcroft, the kids very good but straight into a premiership midfield? While coaches sometimes spring surprises, I would be gobsmacked if he walked straight into that Lions midfield, baring injury. Sam Lalor, the number #1 draft pick but another coming off injury, been training well and they do need to get games into them but his endurance is going to take a while which is understandable but he is very good.

Sid Draper, another gun, but remember the crows brought in Cumming{for the wing role} Peatling for the midfield {good player this boy} and Isac Rankine tearing it up at training, he's going to be spending more time in the midfield and that's without Dawson, Matt Crouch, at least Laird going to half back is something, Lachie Sholl, jake Soligo who is highly promising and youngster Billy Dowling and Alex Neal Bullen who will probably play mid- half forward role, so even though I've got a big opinion also on Sid, is he going to go straight into their midfield?

Finn O' Sullivan will get games straight away, training well and he's got that x-factor, one of the three best kicks in the draft and he rarely wastes a disposal, but the question on him in Fantasy is, is he going to be a big enough scorer? Leo Lombard, well in my eyes if he doesn't make that Gold Coast team in the opening round or round 1 then that will be quite surprising after ripping it up last year, but again Coaches don't care about Fantasy, so will he make the team?

Lindsay & Langford, well baring injury I'll be shocked if they don't play, the Demons need some youth in the midfield and they sure as heck got it! The best kick in the draft {Lindsay} is a beautiful mover, so elegant then sizes up his options, another who very rarely wastes the ball. Langford is probably a little ahead in my eyes as for scoring goes, but not by much, he's a true midfielder who can really attack the ball, but again with Simon Goodwin in charge its another wait and see here/ what roles other players have got and that same question, will Goody play both of them or one or give them a few games in the reserves to get some game time and confidence first?

Jagga, a very good player, in fantasy, just plonk him in your team and forget about him! Sure some coaches will be playing them in their "A" team but sometimes this means nothing they can be doing this for many reasons. Like just seeing how they go/ can they implement the teams strategy straight away/ can they play multiple roles and if they can, see how they preform, the reverse can be a factor to with playing in the so called "B" team, what if the coach wanted to see how the youngster would shape up against their best and see how he would go? The old fashion way, your in the "B" side at the moment, show us if you want to be in the "A" team, show us what you've got?

Different coaches will have very different ideas about this very thing, they might want to ease their young star into the big league or they might just play them for whatever reason so while training can be a pointer, it can also be a little misleading as players can be doing so many different things at training, like different roles and finally, this opening round nonsense where only 8 teams play is almost as bad as the bloody sub rule, nobody likes it, many coaches wanted it gone and just have 5 on the bench which makes perfect sense, but its the AFL so maybe we wait another year.

I've pretty much given up on my team for now because there is so much uncertainty around the rookies. The simple answer is that if the likes of Lalor, L.Ashcroft, Smith, etc. play, they're in our teams and we shuffle money to other lines. But there's no guarantee that some of these top picks will play straight away. I'm just hanging out for preseason footy now to see the lay of the land.

 

[4tune8]

I think you'll be fine Dan12, how many mid rookies do we choose this year, is it two/three/or four? Lets have a look; first up Levi Ashcroft, the kids very good but straight into a premiership midfield? While coaches sometimes spring surprises, I would be gobsmacked if he walked straight into that Lions midfield, baring injury. Sam Lalor, the number #1 draft pick but another coming off injury, been training well and they do need to get games into them but his endurance is going to take a while which is understandable but he is very good.

Sid Draper, another gun, but remember the crows brought in Cumming{for the wing role} Peatling for the midfield {good player this boy} and Isac Rankine tearing it up at training, he's going to be spending more time in the midfield and that's without Dawson, Matt Crouch, at least Laird going to half back is something, Lachie Sholl, jake Soligo who is highly promising and youngster Billy Dowling and Alex Neal Bullen who will probably play mid- half forward role, so even though I've got a big opinion also on Sid, is he going to go straight into their midfield?

Finn O' Sullivan will get games straight away, training well and he's got that x-factor, one of the three best kicks in the draft and he rarely wastes a disposal, but the question on him in Fantasy is, is he going to be a big enough scorer? Leo Lombard, well in my eyes if he doesn't make that Gold Coast team in the opening round or round 1 then that will be quite surprising after ripping it up last year, but again Coaches don't care about Fantasy, so will he make the team?

Lindsay & Langford, well baring injury I'll be shocked if they don't play, the Demons need some youth in the midfield and they sure as heck got it! The best kick in the draft {Lindsay} is a beautiful mover, so elegant then sizes up his options, another who very rarely wastes the ball. Langford is probably a little ahead in my eyes as for scoring goes, but not by much, he's a true midfielder who can really attack the ball, but again with Simon Goodwin in charge its another wait and see here/ what roles other players have got and that same question, will Goody play both of them or one or give them a few games in the reserves to get some game time and confidence first?

Jagga, a very good player, in fantasy, just plonk him in your team and forget about him! Sure some coaches will be playing them in their "A" team but sometimes this means nothing they can be doing this for many reasons. Like just seeing how they go/ can they implement the teams strategy straight away/ can they play multiple roles and if they can, see how they preform, the reverse can be a factor to with playing in the so called "B" team, what if the coach wanted to see how the youngster would shape up against their best and see how he would go? The old fashion way, your in the "B" side at the moment, show us if you want to be in the "A" team, show us what you've got?

Different coaches will have very different ideas about this very thing, they might want to ease their young star into the big league or they might just play them for whatever reason so while training can be a pointer, it can also be a little misleading as players can be doing so many different things at training, like different roles and finally, this opening round nonsense where only 8 teams play is almost as bad as the bloody sub rule, nobody likes it, many coaches wanted it gone and just have 5 on the bench which makes perfect sense, but its the AFL so maybe we wait another year.

That's a very good analysis and pretty much on point.

I have serious doubts on the output of all of this years draftees and their starting prices put me off. We've been blessed over the last few seasons with top end rookies playing plumb roles and staying in teams, I can't see any of the current crop delivering the sort of numbers consistently enough to warrant their selection.

So much so, that I haven't got any in the team, big watch on all of them of course. There's currently 9 rookie priced players in my squad, (1 on field) and none of them are first year players, also have 4 players in the $400k+ range.

Maybe I'm overreacting to what I'm seeing, but I'm happy to pivot some of those $400k players to rookies should the need arise.

 

[Phar Ace]

I reckon Brayshaw, Rozee and Taranto are such a safe starting 3. Then Oliver, Cerra and Peatling I can't see much going wrong.
Green and Ashcroft are terrific value imo- it's just those annoying byes. They are the priority trade ins post bye though.

The issue I am having is that I think there are so many mid rooks we'll need to have. I think Lalor, FOS, Lindsay, Langford, L Ashcroft, Jagga, Lombard and Draper will play. Eight of the first 11 picks. How do I justify only fitting five of these guys in?

Yep, you have go for worthwhile value on the best comparatives you can muster. Finding the balance of points scored vs dollars gained.

 

[Phar Ace]

I think you'll be fine Dan12, how many mid rookies do we choose this year, is it two/three/or four? Lets have a look; first up Levi Ashcroft, the kids very good but straight into a premiership midfield? While coaches sometimes spring surprises, I would be gobsmacked if he walked straight into that Lions midfield, baring injury. Sam Lalor, the number #1 draft pick but another coming off injury, been training well and they do need to get games into them but his endurance is going to take a while which is understandable but he is very good.

Sid Draper, another gun, but remember the crows brought in Cumming{for the wing role} Peatling for the midfield {good player this boy} and Isac Rankine tearing it up at training, he's going to be spending more time in the midfield and that's without Dawson, Matt Crouch, at least Laird going to half back is something, Lachie Sholl, jake Soligo who is highly promising and youngster Billy Dowling and Alex Neal Bullen who will probably play mid- half forward role, so even though I've got a big opinion also on Sid, is he going to go straight into their midfield?

Finn O' Sullivan will get games straight away, training well and he's got that x-factor, one of the three best kicks in the draft and he rarely wastes a disposal, but the question on him in Fantasy is, is he going to be a big enough scorer? Leo Lombard, well in my eyes if he doesn't make that Gold Coast team in the opening round or round 1 then that will be quite surprising after ripping it up last year, but again Coaches don't care about Fantasy, so will he make the team?

Lindsay & Langford, well baring injury I'll be shocked if they don't play, the Demons need some youth in the midfield and they sure as heck got it! The best kick in the draft {Lindsay} is a beautiful mover, so elegant then sizes up his options, another who very rarely wastes the ball. Langford is probably a little ahead in my eyes as for scoring goes, but not by much, he's a true midfielder who can really attack the ball, but again with Simon Goodwin in charge its another wait and see here/ what roles other players have got and that same question, will Goody play both of them or one or give them a few games in the reserves to get some game time and confidence first?

Jagga, a very good player, in fantasy, just plonk him in your team and forget about him! Sure some coaches will be playing them in their "A" team but sometimes this means nothing they can be doing this for many reasons. Like just seeing how they go/ can they implement the teams strategy straight away/ can they play multiple roles and if they can, see how they preform, the reverse can be a factor to with playing in the so called "B" team, what if the coach wanted to see how the youngster would shape up against their best and see how he would go? The old fashion way, your in the "B" side at the moment, show us if you want to be in the "A" team, show us what you've got?

Different coaches will have very different ideas about this very thing, they might want to ease their young star into the big league or they might just play them for whatever reason so while training can be a pointer, it can also be a little misleading as players can be doing so many different things at training, like different roles and finally, this opening round nonsense where only 8 teams play is almost as bad as the bloody sub rule, nobody likes it, many coaches wanted it gone and just have 5 on the bench which makes perfect sense, but its the AFL so maybe we wait another year.

Excellent stuff. These are just the big dog rookies - the game of AFL Fantasy also depends on $230k rookies busting a nut score wise. It's where the best $ increases usually come from - definite bench warmers, sure, but the right ones may sometimes outscore the big dogs. 3 weeks of best 18 to begin with can be treasure nor a curse.

 

[Phar Ace]

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Who is it good for though? McGrath has being doing mid-time? Shiel is training the Zorko role. Think it might be big news for Tsatas, a bit more of a mid role for Perkins, a Hobbs maybe?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Who is it good for though? McGrath has being doing mid-time? Shiel is training the Zorko role. Think it might be big news for Tsatas, a bit more of a mid role for Perkins, a Hobbs maybe?

Yeah, probably Tsatas ....maybe Martin as well

Parish didn't play a lot last season anyway

 

[Phar Ace]

Yeah, probably Tsatas ....maybe Martin as well

Parish didn't play a lot last season anyway

Missed 11

 

[Duke of Windso]

What is the reason for Brayshaw being so much more popular than Serong at the same price?

 

[tigs2010]

What is the reason for Brayshaw being so much more popular than Serong at the same price?

Serong will more likely get tagged

 

[wahooo]

Serong will more likely get tagged

In addition to that, Serong gets such a high proportion of his points from stoppage that it would only take a small regression towards the mean for his scoring to stagnate or go backwards.

Has always baffled me that Serong gets so few points in transition - can't count how many times I've seen him lead into space and get ignored.

I also wonder whether Reidy rucking in the early rounds could see freo set up a bit differently at stoppage and Serong potentially lose a few of his points from stoppage early on.

 

[mezaire]

I'm thinking I'm going to fade any big priced mids with and doubt over role sharing, role, injury or who they have around them

Going against......

Dawson......just too many mouths to feed. If Peatling and Rankine go 90+, I think he might struggle to go 110. Also, if he is going well, he's the #1 tag target

Serong and Brashaw.....loosing quality taps to feed them or a few rounds, plus I think the tag goes to whoever gets going, plus if the transition is missing him, Brayshaw can struggle

Merrett and Gulden....no real issues, but both close to fully priced

So, currently going with....

Bont....with no Treloar, could go 120+ in the first month
TT....I don't see Richmond worrying opposition so that he gets tagged, so 10-15 unders
Rozee....I think without injury, he has the ability to be the top scoring mid

 

[4tune8]

I'm thinking I'm going to fade any big priced mids with and doubt over role sharing, role, injury or who they have around them

Going against......

Dawson......just too many mouths to feed. If Peatling and Rankine go 90+, I think he might struggle to go 110. Also, if he is going well, he's the #1 tag target

Serong and Brashaw.....loosing quality taps to feed them or a few rounds, plus I think the tag goes to whoever gets going, plus if the transition is missing him, Brayshaw can struggle

Merrett and Gulden....no real issues, but both close to fully priced

So, currently going with....

Bont....with no Treloar, could go 120+ in the first month
TT....I don't see Richmond worrying opposition so that he gets tagged, so 10-15 unders
Rozee....I think without injury, he has the ability to be the top scoring mid

Doing something similar with the mids by targeting those I see with value, that's the theme for me all over the ground barring the rucks, although I do see English having some upside over Xerri at R2, Gawn at R1.

Anderson and Cripps, because of their early fixtures they project as value. Then Oliver, Cerra, Day and Peatling. Also looking at starting Noddy and Sheldrick on field with 2 high priced rookies on the bench, wait n see obviously with the rookies.

 

[Shaunn]

I'm thinking I'm going to fade any big priced mids with and doubt over role sharing, role, injury or who they have around them

Going against......

Dawson......just too many mouths to feed. If Peatling and Rankine go 90+, I think he might struggle to go 110. Also, if he is going well, he's the #1 tag target

Serong and Brashaw.....loosing quality taps to feed them or a few rounds, plus I think the tag goes to whoever gets going, plus if the transition is missing him, Brayshaw can struggle

Merrett and Gulden....no real issues, but both close to fully priced

So, currently going with....

Bont....with no Treloar, could go 120+ in the first month
TT....I don't see Richmond worrying opposition so that he gets tagged, so 10-15 unders
Rozee....I think without injury, he has the ability to be the top scoring mid

Listing all these problems yet picking Bont who goes forward . Specially with no JUH and Weightman now its probably going to happen more.

 

[mezaire]

Listing all these problems yet picking Bont who goes forward . Specially with no JUH and Weightman now its probably going to happen more.

Darcy, Naughton, Vandemeer, West, Jones......still plenty of firepower up forwards.
And JUH returned to training today

I honestly think Bont will play less fwd time this year.....especially if the coach wants to keep his job!

 

[Shaunn]

Darcy, Naughton, Vandemeer, West, Jones......still plenty of firepower up forwards.
And JUH returned to training today

I honestly think Bont will play less fwd time this year.....especially if the coach wants to keep his job!

Yet he went forward alot last year even with all of them plus Weightman and JUH, and JUH isn't playing round 1, don't know if its more than 1 week though haven't looked.


I wouldn't go trusting Bevo to keep him in the mids . They were losing games last year and he still kept him forward.

 

[Coasters7]

Darcy, Naughton, Vandemeer, West, Jones......still plenty of firepower up forwards.
And JUH returned to training today

I honestly think Bont will play less fwd time this year.....especially if the coach wants to keep his job!

Could say the same about Dawson though. Nicks needs him on ball.

Went at 115 when Laird was moved out of the midfield and just knows how to score wherever he plays. 115 is conservative if he’s in the role he finished last year in.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Could say the same about Dawson though. Nicks needs him on ball.

Went at 115 when Laird was moved out of the midfield and just knows how to score wherever he plays. 115 is conservative if he’s in the role he finished last year in.

Dawson had an average 2024 ......duck-shoved into various roles all season

2025 ....full healthy list, weaknesses have been covered, so Dawson will be FT Mid .....he has the game (tackles, marking, and disposals) to be the Bont type player

 

[tigs2010]

Dawson had an average 2024 ......duck-shoved into various roles all season

2025 ....full healthy list, weaknesses have been covered, so Dawson will be FT Mid .....he has the game (tackles, marking, and disposals) to be the Bont type player

 

[Shaunn]

Dawson had an average 2024 ......duck-shoved into various roles all season

2025 ....full healthy list, weaknesses have been covered, so Dawson will be FT Mid .....he has the game (tackles, marking, and disposals) to be the Bont type player

Hoping so as ive had him and Brayshaw in my side for weeks now.

 

[Coasters7]

Dawson had an average 2024 ......duck-shoved into various roles all season

2025 ....full healthy list, weaknesses have been covered, so Dawson will be FT Mid .....he has the game (tackles, marking, and disposals) to be the Bont type player

Yeah I’m on board. Had a very up and down year and still managed a 105, and that was mostly because of floor scores. With a consistent role those don’t happen.

I think the million dollar price tags are putting people off but Bont at 107 and Dawson at 105 have just as much upside as your Rozees and Tarantos.

 

[mezaire]

Dawson had an average 2024 ......duck-shoved into various roles all season

2025 ....full healthy list, weaknesses have been covered, so Dawson will be FT Mid .....he has the game (tackles, marking, and disposals) to be the Bont type player

It's a real interesting one, and something I haven't 100% landed on...

Crows brought in one winger an two players promised mid time, but then have pushed Laird back.

Dogs have brought in one mid/fwd and probably will give Sanders more mid time, but have their main guy injured for a few weeks.

Crows also have one aging mid who might play less, but so do the Dogs (Libba 32yo)
But do the Crows have more youth in their mids and do they push a few more through there (Berry, Curtin, Rachele, Rankine, Soligo, Dowling)

It's very possible that Dawson and Peatling are #1 and 2 all year, with the orthers making up the rest though.....and the Crows probably have an easier early draw!!!

AAAAAGGGHHHH.....

 

[Coasters7]

It's a real interesting one, and something I haven't 100% landed on...

Crows brought in one winger an two players promised mid time, but then have pushed Laird back.

Dogs have brought in one mid/fwd and probably will give Sanders more mid time, but have their main guy injured for a few weeks.

Crows also have one aging mid who might play less, but so do the Dogs (Libba 32yo)
But do the Crows have more youth in their mids and do they push a few more through there (Berry, Curtin, Rachele, Rankine, Soligo, Dowling)

It's very possible that Dawson and Peatling are #1 and 2 all year, with the orthers making up the rest though.....and the Crows probably have an easier early draw!!!

AAAAAGGGHHHH.....

Crazy how the two best fantasy mids also both play for the two sides with the most midfield depth