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Brownlow Medallist
Thursday, June 13
Adelaide Crows vs. Richmond (AO) (N)
The bloodthirsty jackals amongst us will be following the whiff of blood oozing from partially healed wounds of the Sloanedog Millionaire and Matt ‘The Less s**t’ Crouch, both of whom can be safely targeted after their byes, preferably swooping on them in a dynamic, ballistic motion. You mongrel dogs.
They say that parting is such sweet sorrow. This is a feeling owners of the man, the myth, the money-making legend Reilly O’Brien know only too well as they prepare to say goodbye to the People’s Ranga .
Those who took the chance and traded out an underperforming R2 and had him on-field made out like bandits as he gave sensational output for the price and allowed an easy upgrade on another line. He benefited this week from coming up against Mumford, who is showing signs of needing a freshen-up and is giving up handy scores to opposition rucks. ROB should score adequately against the Tiger’s young tag team, but may not go extremely big in his swansong performance. Vaya con dios, big Reilly.
It was a dirty night for Adelaide’s DEF eligibles. Wayne Milera, a popular low-price addition in rd 12 to replace Lachie Whitfield, left owners slightly disappointed. Milera can only score via volume in SC given his more outside game. Despite his 30 possessions, he turned the ball over a few times and was not prominent when the game was on the line, going a fair way to explaining his sub-70. Still, he was the only Crow to record 9/9 CBAs in the last quarter, so he will get his chances and should improve.
Rory Laird also underwhelmed slightly, turning in an 80-odd. Brodie Smith struggled to have any impact, with GWS’s Isaac Cumming, aka the Cumm Express, at times playing a defensive role on him. His season-long average remains good for the starting price at 86.5 but has been dropping of late, bringing a decision ever closer. Those with Marty Hore and OK bye clearance will be pondering flicking Smith instead.
For the Tigers, all attention will be focused on paying last respects to perhaps the greatest SC leviathan – a man so monolithic that he had a bible story named after him before he was even born in anticipation of his feats, Noah ‘The Don’ Balta. In a touching nod to cricketing great Bradman, with whom Balta feels a strong sense of kinship and who finished with a test average below 100 at 99.94 after being dismissed for a duck in his final innings, Balta ensured his average at tradeout remained below 50 by defecating in the shape of a 29 and shedding around 15k in so doing.
With a high BE, he’s probably best traded out by those with no rd 13 bye clearance issues, potentially to a reasonably priced Robbie Gray / Justin Westhoff type (Gray might see more mid time, Westhoff could benefit from Dixon’s imminent return after the latter impressed in his SANFL return after the injury layoff) if funds are limited or a Boak / Ziebell / Dunkley type if funds permit. Many would have moved on Balta this week but could not due to bye clearance worries.
Bachar Houli, another popular trade-in target for the injured Whitfield, had owners worried early doors but ultimately recovered and posted a 93. Somewhat below his recent 130-average, but respectable. His ceiling is undoubted, but he represents some injury risk and the impact of Richmond’s upcoming fixture (several top sides) remains to be seen.
Dustin Martin fell just short of a ton, but has averaged 104 since his return from suspension (apparently he forgot to present the Brownlow medal as a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card, unlike Gary ‘Slightly Mistimed Bumper Bars, Nothing to See Here’ Ablett) and remains priced to average. With many strapped for cash and due to his undoubted ceiling, Martin is worth considering, but has a short-term injury cloud (corkie) and he will continue to spend time forward on the run home, where his output is less predictable.
Patrick Naish impressed on debut and rewarded those prepared to bring him in pre-bubble. He will be a popular trade-in target this week for those needing liquidity to facilitate upgrades to rd 12 premos and in rd 15 for those waiting till he is on the bubble and adhering to more orthodox dogma.
Adelaide Crows vs. Richmond (AO) (N)
The bloodthirsty jackals amongst us will be following the whiff of blood oozing from partially healed wounds of the Sloanedog Millionaire and Matt ‘The Less s**t’ Crouch, both of whom can be safely targeted after their byes, preferably swooping on them in a dynamic, ballistic motion. You mongrel dogs.
They say that parting is such sweet sorrow. This is a feeling owners of the man, the myth, the money-making legend Reilly O’Brien know only too well as they prepare to say goodbye to the People’s Ranga .
Those who took the chance and traded out an underperforming R2 and had him on-field made out like bandits as he gave sensational output for the price and allowed an easy upgrade on another line. He benefited this week from coming up against Mumford, who is showing signs of needing a freshen-up and is giving up handy scores to opposition rucks. ROB should score adequately against the Tiger’s young tag team, but may not go extremely big in his swansong performance. Vaya con dios, big Reilly.
It was a dirty night for Adelaide’s DEF eligibles. Wayne Milera, a popular low-price addition in rd 12 to replace Lachie Whitfield, left owners slightly disappointed. Milera can only score via volume in SC given his more outside game. Despite his 30 possessions, he turned the ball over a few times and was not prominent when the game was on the line, going a fair way to explaining his sub-70. Still, he was the only Crow to record 9/9 CBAs in the last quarter, so he will get his chances and should improve.
Rory Laird also underwhelmed slightly, turning in an 80-odd. Brodie Smith struggled to have any impact, with GWS’s Isaac Cumming, aka the Cumm Express, at times playing a defensive role on him. His season-long average remains good for the starting price at 86.5 but has been dropping of late, bringing a decision ever closer. Those with Marty Hore and OK bye clearance will be pondering flicking Smith instead.
For the Tigers, all attention will be focused on paying last respects to perhaps the greatest SC leviathan – a man so monolithic that he had a bible story named after him before he was even born in anticipation of his feats, Noah ‘The Don’ Balta. In a touching nod to cricketing great Bradman, with whom Balta feels a strong sense of kinship and who finished with a test average below 100 at 99.94 after being dismissed for a duck in his final innings, Balta ensured his average at tradeout remained below 50 by defecating in the shape of a 29 and shedding around 15k in so doing.
With a high BE, he’s probably best traded out by those with no rd 13 bye clearance issues, potentially to a reasonably priced Robbie Gray / Justin Westhoff type (Gray might see more mid time, Westhoff could benefit from Dixon’s imminent return after the latter impressed in his SANFL return after the injury layoff) if funds are limited or a Boak / Ziebell / Dunkley type if funds permit. Many would have moved on Balta this week but could not due to bye clearance worries.
Bachar Houli, another popular trade-in target for the injured Whitfield, had owners worried early doors but ultimately recovered and posted a 93. Somewhat below his recent 130-average, but respectable. His ceiling is undoubted, but he represents some injury risk and the impact of Richmond’s upcoming fixture (several top sides) remains to be seen.
Dustin Martin fell just short of a ton, but has averaged 104 since his return from suspension (apparently he forgot to present the Brownlow medal as a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card, unlike Gary ‘Slightly Mistimed Bumper Bars, Nothing to See Here’ Ablett) and remains priced to average. With many strapped for cash and due to his undoubted ceiling, Martin is worth considering, but has a short-term injury cloud (corkie) and he will continue to spend time forward on the run home, where his output is less predictable.
Patrick Naish impressed on debut and rewarded those prepared to bring him in pre-bubble. He will be a popular trade-in target this week for those needing liquidity to facilitate upgrades to rd 12 premos and in rd 15 for those waiting till he is on the bubble and adhering to more orthodox dogma.