AFL Round 9 Teams and Fantasy News
Fremantle v St Kilda
Fremantle
FB: Hayden, McPharlin, Grover
HB: Dodd, Johnson, Mundy
C: Black, Hasleby, McManus
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Solomon
FF: Collard, Tarrant, Warnock
Foll: Sandilands, M.Carr, Bell
bench: Campbell, Crowley, Cook, Webster
emergency: Thornton, Peake, Walker
In: Collard, Hasleby, Cook
Out: J.Carr, Duffield, Walker
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Collard comes with a cheap fantasy price, and he gives the Dockers some run, so he might become a good fantasy player. Hasleby in and J Carr out, that should be good for Hasleby's numbers. Pavlich is due for a big game, it could happen here.
St Kilda
FB: Gwilt, S.Fisher, L.Fisher
HB: Attard, Blake, Gram
C: Gilbert, Ball, Fiora
HF: Harvey, Riewoldt, Milne
FF: Voss, Gehrig, Koschitzke
Foll: M.Clarke, Hayes, Dal Santo
bench: Rix, Armitage, Birss, McQualter
emergency: Howard, Sweeney, Watts
In: Baker, M.Clarke, Hayes, McQualter
Out: Montagna, Brooks, Howard, Sweeney
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Armitage keeps his spot, the other first-game players from last round are out. Hayes is named, it is a return ahead of schedule so there has to be a chance that he doesn't play.
Carlton v Adelaide
Carlton
FB: Walker, Thornton, Saddington
HB: Scotland, Waite, Houlihan
C: Gibbs, Blackwell, Murphy
HF: Simpson, Kennedy, Fisher
FF: Whitnall, Fevola, Lappin
Foll: O'hAilpin, Koutoufides, Carrazzo
bench: Ackland, Anderson, Bentick, Hartlett
emergency: Bannister, Bower, Young
In: Anderson, Kennedy, Hartlett
Out: Betts, Russell, Young
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Three smalls are out, only Betts is out with an injury, and that could mean more minutes for Blackwell. Per minute, Blackwell is as good as any Carlton midfielder for stats. He is also at an affordable price in fantasy games.
Adelaide
FB: Bassett, Rutten, Mattner
HB: Torney, Stevens, McLeod
C: van Berlo, Goodwin, Doughty
HF: Knights, Bock, Reilly
FF: Welsh, Perrie, Jericho
Foll: Hudson, Thompson, Edwards
bench: Griffin, Shirley, Johncock, Porplyzia
emergency: McGregor, Vince, Massie
In: Johncock, Reilly, Porplyzia
Out: Douglas, Burton, Vince
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Jericho is inexpensive and had plenty of the ball in his previous games. Johncock would be a good addition to fantasy teams.
Hawthorn v West Coast
Hawthorn
FB: Birchall, Gilham, Brown
HB: Ladson, Croad, Birchall
C: Lewis, Mitchell, Bateman
HF: Young, Franklin, Crawford
FF: Roughead, Boyle, Dixon
Foll: Campbell, Sewell, Hodge
bench: Taylor, McGlynn, Smith, Osborne
emergency: Dawson, Ellis, Jacobs
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Expect a big game from Birchall, he always plays well in his home state. Roughead was one of the better players on the MCG last Saturday night, he should keep kicking goals.
West Coast
FB: Waters, Glass, B.Jones
HB: Chick, Hunter, Selwood
C: Jones, Fletcher, Braun
HF: Staker, Hansen, Armstrong
FF: Wirrpanda, Lynch, Seaby
Foll: Cox, Judd, Stenglein
bench: Hurn, Morton, Priddis, Rosa
emergency: LeCras, Brown, McKinley
In: Armstrong
Out: Kerr
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Fletcher has a bigger role with Kerr out. Cox could be ready to have a big game.
Brisbane v Collingwood
Brisbane
FB: Mills, Merrett, Johnson
HB: Adcock, Drummond, Copeland
C: Selwood, Lappin, Stiller
HF: Sherman, Brown, Notting
FF: Rischitelli, Patfull, McGrath
Foll: Charman, Black, Power
bench: Hadley, Clark, McDonald, Fixter
emergency: Roe, Brennan, Begley
In: Clark, Mills, Johnson, Sherman, Fixter
Out: Allan, Begley, Roe, Brennan, Harding
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Half their back line was dropped, including fantasy star Roe and the unpredictable Brennan. Roe, Brennan and Begley are named as emergencies for Brisbane so check the news tomorrow to see if one of them might play. But unless you have a good defender on the fantasy bench it might be safer to just trade them.
Collingwood
FB: Lockyer, Prestigiacomo, Holland
HB: H.Shaw, O'Brien, R.Shaw
C: Pendlebury, Toovey, Thomas
HF: Maxwell, Cloke, Didak
FF: Swan, Rocca, Johnson
Foll: Fraser, O'Bree, Burns
bench: Davis, Medhurst, Bryan, Goldsack
emergency: Davies, Richards, Iles
In: Medhurst
Out: Dick
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Brad Dick might not get back into the team so maybe selling him now is the right move for fantasy teams.
Richmond v Essendon
Richmond
FB: King, Thursfield, J.Bowden
HB: Raines, Polak, Newman
C: Deledio, Tuck, Edwards
HF: Pettifer, Richardson, Johnson
FF: Krakouer, Riewoldt, Meyer
Foll: Pattison, Polo, Foley
bench: Tambling, Tivendale, Howat, Jackson
emergency: Kingsley, White, Hyde
In: Riewoldt
Out: Schulz
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Richardson is going to play, you have to go back to when people said "Daniel LaRusso is going to fight" for the last time an injured guy kept going like that. If you have Richardson in your fantasy team, obviously you will have an emergency among your forwards on the bench too.
Essendon
FB: M Johnson, Michael, Slattery
HB: Winderlich, Ryder, Fletcher
C: McVeigh, Watson, Stanton
HF: Hird, Lucas, Houli
FF: Davey, Lloyd, Monfries
Foll: Hille, McPhee, Peverill
bench: Camporeale, Cole, Dyson, J Johnson
emergency: Bolton, Bradley, Hislop
AFL Fantasy Watch:
No changes from the team that easily beat Brisbane. Lloyd and Lucas should have a big game against Richmond. Stanton is a great fantasy player, Watson has been getting a lot of the ball but for fantasy teams they do have the worry that he sometimes gets dropped.
Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Western Bulldogs
FB: Power, Harris, Morris
HB: Gilbee, Wight, Hargrave
C: Eagleton, S.West, Akermanis
HF: Giansiracusa, Johnson, Cooney
FF: McDougall, Darcy, Higgins
Foll: Street, Cross, Boyd
bench from: Ray, Addison, Harbrow, Minson, Robbins, Faulkner, Hahn
In: Faulkner, McDougall, Minson, Power, Robbins
Out: Griffen, McMahon
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Power and McDougall are definite inclusions. Power has plenty of skills and if he could cement a spot he would be a player to sign, his fantasy price is a bit low. McDougall also has a low price, but he isn't the type of player that gets as much of the ball with the Bulldogs. He was good in Canberra for the preseason game against Sydney.
Sydney
FB: Richards, Barry, Crouch
HB: Kennelly, C.Bolton, Mathews
C: Ablett, Kirk, Malceski
HF: R.O'Keefe, O'Loughlin, J.Bolton
FF: Davis, Hall, Buchanan
Foll: Jolly, Goodes, Fosdike
bench from: Schneider, McVeigh, Everitt, Bevan, Schmidt Grundy, Dempster
In: Schmidt, Grundy, Crouch
AFL Fantasy Watch:
The Swans played much better last week and this improvement should continue. It might be time to give Goodes another go on fantasy teams. Kennelly is another Swan to think about signing, he didn't show any signs of injury last week and was as good as he ever has been.
Melbourne v Kangaroos
Melbourne
FB: Ward, Carroll, Petterd
HB: Frawley, Holland, Bell
C: Johnstone, McDonald, Davey
HF: Green, Robertson, Bruce
FF: Yze, Neitz, Bate
Foll: White, Godfrey, Jones
bench from: P.Johnson, Dunn, Bizzell, Miller, McLean, Brown, C.Johnson
In: Frawley, McLean, Holland, Bizzell, C.Johnson, Robertson
Out: Ferguson, Sylvia, Whelan
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Frawley is in, he should help fantasy teams this season as the Demons have no reason to not play their youth. Robertson is an interesting fantasy player at the moment, looking at the stats from his other games this year he is very affordable at the moment, but another good game could see a nice price increase.
Kangaroos
FB: Pratt, Firrito, McMahon
HB: Smith, Watt, Sinclair
C: Rawlings, Swallow, Simpson
HF: Harris, Edwards, Jones
FF: Thomas, Brown, Petrie
Foll: McIntosh, Grant, Harvey
bench from: Grima, Green, Lower, Hale, Archer, Gibson, Campbell
In: Archer, Hale, Lower
AFL Fantasy Watch:
This could be the last game that some of these players star in for a while, their schedule gets a lot tougher after this. Avoid some of the fringe players, but the stars like Harvey and Harris will get stats no matter who they play.
Port Adelaide v Geelong
Port Adelaide
FB: Pettigrew, Wakelin, Surjan
HB: Cassisi, Thurstans, Lonie
C: Salopek, S.Burgoyne, K.Cornes
HF: P.Burgoyne, White, Motlop
FF: Ebert, Tredrea, Lade
Foll: Brogan, C.Cornes, Pearce
bench from: Bentley, Thomas, Boak, Krakouer, Deluca, Rodan, Symes
In: Boak, Krakouer, Deluca, Surjan
Out: Mahoney
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Some of the Power players had a tough game last round at Sydney, but that could make them a better buy now if their prices have slipped a bit. C Cornes and S Burgoyne should have plenty of stats this round.
Geelong
FB: Mackie, Scarlett, Enright
HB: Hunt, Egan, Milburn
C: Wojcinski, Bartel, Kelly
HF: Selwood, N.Ablett, S.Johnson
FF: G.Ablett, Mooney, Varcoe
Foll: Ottens, Corey, Ling
bench from: Blake, Tenace, Rooke, Stokes, Prismall, Harley, Hawkins
In: Harley, Prismall, Hawkins, Mackie
Out: D.Johnson
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Don't expect the big stats from Geelong that they had the past 3 weeks. So it might be time to trade some of the players. Hawkins is only named as a possible inclusion, so don't start him this week.
Fremantle
FB: Hayden, McPharlin, Grover
HB: Dodd, Johnson, Mundy
C: Black, Hasleby, McManus
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Solomon
FF: Collard, Tarrant, Warnock
Foll: Sandilands, M.Carr, Bell
bench: Campbell, Crowley, Cook, Webster
emergency: Thornton, Peake, Walker
In: Collard, Hasleby, Cook
Out: J.Carr, Duffield, Walker
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Collard comes with a cheap fantasy price, and he gives the Dockers some run, so he might become a good fantasy player. Hasleby in and J Carr out, that should be good for Hasleby's numbers. Pavlich is due for a big game, it could happen here.
St Kilda
FB: Gwilt, S.Fisher, L.Fisher
HB: Attard, Blake, Gram
C: Gilbert, Ball, Fiora
HF: Harvey, Riewoldt, Milne
FF: Voss, Gehrig, Koschitzke
Foll: M.Clarke, Hayes, Dal Santo
bench: Rix, Armitage, Birss, McQualter
emergency: Howard, Sweeney, Watts
In: Baker, M.Clarke, Hayes, McQualter
Out: Montagna, Brooks, Howard, Sweeney
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Armitage keeps his spot, the other first-game players from last round are out. Hayes is named, it is a return ahead of schedule so there has to be a chance that he doesn't play.
Carlton v Adelaide
Carlton
FB: Walker, Thornton, Saddington
HB: Scotland, Waite, Houlihan
C: Gibbs, Blackwell, Murphy
HF: Simpson, Kennedy, Fisher
FF: Whitnall, Fevola, Lappin
Foll: O'hAilpin, Koutoufides, Carrazzo
bench: Ackland, Anderson, Bentick, Hartlett
emergency: Bannister, Bower, Young
In: Anderson, Kennedy, Hartlett
Out: Betts, Russell, Young
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Adelaide
FB: Bassett, Rutten, Mattner
HB: Torney, Stevens, McLeod
C: van Berlo, Goodwin, Doughty
HF: Knights, Bock, Reilly
FF: Welsh, Perrie, Jericho
Foll: Hudson, Thompson, Edwards
bench: Griffin, Shirley, Johncock, Porplyzia
emergency: McGregor, Vince, Massie
In: Johncock, Reilly, Porplyzia
Out: Douglas, Burton, Vince
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Jericho is inexpensive and had plenty of the ball in his previous games. Johncock would be a good addition to fantasy teams.
Hawthorn v West Coast
Hawthorn
FB: Birchall, Gilham, Brown
HB: Ladson, Croad, Birchall
C: Lewis, Mitchell, Bateman
HF: Young, Franklin, Crawford
FF: Roughead, Boyle, Dixon
Foll: Campbell, Sewell, Hodge
bench: Taylor, McGlynn, Smith, Osborne
emergency: Dawson, Ellis, Jacobs
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Expect a big game from Birchall, he always plays well in his home state. Roughead was one of the better players on the MCG last Saturday night, he should keep kicking goals.
West Coast
FB: Waters, Glass, B.Jones
HB: Chick, Hunter, Selwood
C: Jones, Fletcher, Braun
HF: Staker, Hansen, Armstrong
FF: Wirrpanda, Lynch, Seaby
Foll: Cox, Judd, Stenglein
bench: Hurn, Morton, Priddis, Rosa
emergency: LeCras, Brown, McKinley
In: Armstrong
Out: Kerr
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Fletcher has a bigger role with Kerr out. Cox could be ready to have a big game.
Brisbane v Collingwood
Brisbane
FB: Mills, Merrett, Johnson
HB: Adcock, Drummond, Copeland
C: Selwood, Lappin, Stiller
HF: Sherman, Brown, Notting
FF: Rischitelli, Patfull, McGrath
Foll: Charman, Black, Power
bench: Hadley, Clark, McDonald, Fixter
emergency: Roe, Brennan, Begley
In: Clark, Mills, Johnson, Sherman, Fixter
Out: Allan, Begley, Roe, Brennan, Harding
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Half their back line was dropped, including fantasy star Roe and the unpredictable Brennan. Roe, Brennan and Begley are named as emergencies for Brisbane so check the news tomorrow to see if one of them might play. But unless you have a good defender on the fantasy bench it might be safer to just trade them.
Collingwood
FB: Lockyer, Prestigiacomo, Holland
HB: H.Shaw, O'Brien, R.Shaw
C: Pendlebury, Toovey, Thomas
HF: Maxwell, Cloke, Didak
FF: Swan, Rocca, Johnson
Foll: Fraser, O'Bree, Burns
bench: Davis, Medhurst, Bryan, Goldsack
emergency: Davies, Richards, Iles
In: Medhurst
Out: Dick
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Brad Dick might not get back into the team so maybe selling him now is the right move for fantasy teams.
Richmond v Essendon
Richmond
FB: King, Thursfield, J.Bowden
HB: Raines, Polak, Newman
C: Deledio, Tuck, Edwards
HF: Pettifer, Richardson, Johnson
FF: Krakouer, Riewoldt, Meyer
Foll: Pattison, Polo, Foley
bench: Tambling, Tivendale, Howat, Jackson
emergency: Kingsley, White, Hyde
In: Riewoldt
Out: Schulz
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Richardson is going to play, you have to go back to when people said "Daniel LaRusso is going to fight" for the last time an injured guy kept going like that. If you have Richardson in your fantasy team, obviously you will have an emergency among your forwards on the bench too.
Essendon
FB: M Johnson, Michael, Slattery
HB: Winderlich, Ryder, Fletcher
C: McVeigh, Watson, Stanton
HF: Hird, Lucas, Houli
FF: Davey, Lloyd, Monfries
Foll: Hille, McPhee, Peverill
bench: Camporeale, Cole, Dyson, J Johnson
emergency: Bolton, Bradley, Hislop
AFL Fantasy Watch:
No changes from the team that easily beat Brisbane. Lloyd and Lucas should have a big game against Richmond. Stanton is a great fantasy player, Watson has been getting a lot of the ball but for fantasy teams they do have the worry that he sometimes gets dropped.
Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Western Bulldogs
FB: Power, Harris, Morris
HB: Gilbee, Wight, Hargrave
C: Eagleton, S.West, Akermanis
HF: Giansiracusa, Johnson, Cooney
FF: McDougall, Darcy, Higgins
Foll: Street, Cross, Boyd
bench from: Ray, Addison, Harbrow, Minson, Robbins, Faulkner, Hahn
In: Faulkner, McDougall, Minson, Power, Robbins
Out: Griffen, McMahon
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Power and McDougall are definite inclusions. Power has plenty of skills and if he could cement a spot he would be a player to sign, his fantasy price is a bit low. McDougall also has a low price, but he isn't the type of player that gets as much of the ball with the Bulldogs. He was good in Canberra for the preseason game against Sydney.
Sydney
FB: Richards, Barry, Crouch
HB: Kennelly, C.Bolton, Mathews
C: Ablett, Kirk, Malceski
HF: R.O'Keefe, O'Loughlin, J.Bolton
FF: Davis, Hall, Buchanan
Foll: Jolly, Goodes, Fosdike
bench from: Schneider, McVeigh, Everitt, Bevan, Schmidt Grundy, Dempster
In: Schmidt, Grundy, Crouch
AFL Fantasy Watch:
The Swans played much better last week and this improvement should continue. It might be time to give Goodes another go on fantasy teams. Kennelly is another Swan to think about signing, he didn't show any signs of injury last week and was as good as he ever has been.
Melbourne v Kangaroos
Melbourne
FB: Ward, Carroll, Petterd
HB: Frawley, Holland, Bell
C: Johnstone, McDonald, Davey
HF: Green, Robertson, Bruce
FF: Yze, Neitz, Bate
Foll: White, Godfrey, Jones
bench from: P.Johnson, Dunn, Bizzell, Miller, McLean, Brown, C.Johnson
In: Frawley, McLean, Holland, Bizzell, C.Johnson, Robertson
Out: Ferguson, Sylvia, Whelan
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Frawley is in, he should help fantasy teams this season as the Demons have no reason to not play their youth. Robertson is an interesting fantasy player at the moment, looking at the stats from his other games this year he is very affordable at the moment, but another good game could see a nice price increase.
Kangaroos
FB: Pratt, Firrito, McMahon
HB: Smith, Watt, Sinclair
C: Rawlings, Swallow, Simpson
HF: Harris, Edwards, Jones
FF: Thomas, Brown, Petrie
Foll: McIntosh, Grant, Harvey
bench from: Grima, Green, Lower, Hale, Archer, Gibson, Campbell
In: Archer, Hale, Lower
AFL Fantasy Watch:
This could be the last game that some of these players star in for a while, their schedule gets a lot tougher after this. Avoid some of the fringe players, but the stars like Harvey and Harris will get stats no matter who they play.
Port Adelaide v Geelong
Port Adelaide
FB: Pettigrew, Wakelin, Surjan
HB: Cassisi, Thurstans, Lonie
C: Salopek, S.Burgoyne, K.Cornes
HF: P.Burgoyne, White, Motlop
FF: Ebert, Tredrea, Lade
Foll: Brogan, C.Cornes, Pearce
bench from: Bentley, Thomas, Boak, Krakouer, Deluca, Rodan, Symes
In: Boak, Krakouer, Deluca, Surjan
Out: Mahoney
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Some of the Power players had a tough game last round at Sydney, but that could make them a better buy now if their prices have slipped a bit. C Cornes and S Burgoyne should have plenty of stats this round.
Geelong
FB: Mackie, Scarlett, Enright
HB: Hunt, Egan, Milburn
C: Wojcinski, Bartel, Kelly
HF: Selwood, N.Ablett, S.Johnson
FF: G.Ablett, Mooney, Varcoe
Foll: Ottens, Corey, Ling
bench from: Blake, Tenace, Rooke, Stokes, Prismall, Harley, Hawkins
In: Harley, Prismall, Hawkins, Mackie
Out: D.Johnson
AFL Fantasy Watch:
Don't expect the big stats from Geelong that they had the past 3 weeks. So it might be time to trade some of the players. Hawkins is only named as a possible inclusion, so don't start him this week.
