Crawford To Miss Round 1
Crawford shouldn't be too unhappy because it seems like he got two for the price of one, the striking charges for incidents with Bell and Dunn only resulted in one week off. Geelong's James Kelly is out for two weeks, it looked similar to what Stokes did but Kelly received a shorter suspension.
News from the AFL: Crawford accepts one-match suspension
AFL Fantasy Impact:
If Crawford was in your fantasy team you might want to move him out, and bring him back for round 2. Or if you really want Crawford on your team you could conserve your trades and sit him for the first week and play one of your bench midfielders. Kelly's two game suspension will open a spot in the Cats' midfield, possibly for J Selwood. You could put the two ideas together, if Joel Selwood is named for round 1 you could start him and then for round 2 you could start Crawford and put Selwood back on your bench. While Selwood is a player who could have a bigger role at Geelong with Kelly out, at Hawthorn it could be Bateman or Clarke who see an increase in stats as Crawford misses.
News from the AFL: Crawford accepts one-match suspension
AFL Fantasy Impact:
If Crawford was in your fantasy team you might want to move him out, and bring him back for round 2. Or if you really want Crawford on your team you could conserve your trades and sit him for the first week and play one of your bench midfielders. Kelly's two game suspension will open a spot in the Cats' midfield, possibly for J Selwood. You could put the two ideas together, if Joel Selwood is named for round 1 you could start him and then for round 2 you could start Crawford and put Selwood back on your bench. While Selwood is a player who could have a bigger role at Geelong with Kelly out, at Hawthorn it could be Bateman or Clarke who see an increase in stats as Crawford misses.
