Avoid early 2013!!
Players to avoid early in the season in DT & SC – the reasons why are listed (will be listed) in the 2013 Pre Season guide in 2013 (P)reviews. Some players should be avoided totally and others are likely to drop in price during the year and then become a “value” selection.
Updated 14 Mar 2013
Reviewed 17 Jun 2013
After R11, notes beside each player – noting Dream Team price rise or fall and any relevant comments
Pink means a great tip
Blue means a bad tip
Plain black means neither good, not bad – or the tip was somewhat obvious to most anyway
Adelaide
Callinan even
Petrenko -17K and injured a bit
Sloane -24K, but doing well
Smith -28K and missed some games
Brisbane
Adcock -15K, but been very good overall
Black -26K and missed early games – but getting to a friendly price now
Mayes +111K but missed some games. A handy cash cow
Polec only played one game & still injured
Staker +42K missed first 7 games, but now a cash cow
Carlton
Judd -74K; missed only 1 game
McLean -82K, but played every game and now well priced
Scotland -126K and missed 2 games
Waite +10K, but missed the first 7 games
Collingwood
Ball +73K, but missed the first 7 games
Beams still yet to play
Didak only played 2 games and dropped for R12
Fasolo -35K, played 3 games and now out for the year
Martin (rookie) played last 2 games and price now set to skyrocket
Reid +67K and played every game
Dale Thomas -65K, played 5 games and now out indefinitely
Essendon
Kommer +146K and played 9 games
Watson -92K, but hasn’t missed a game
Zaharakis +11K and played every game
Fremantle
Crowley -75K and played every game
Pavlich -38K and only played 3 games so far
Sandilands yet to play
Geelong
McIntosh yet to play
Menzel yet to play
Vardy no change yet and played 2 games. May be a cash cow, but still doubts re injury / durability
West -54K and played every game
Gold Coast
Ablett (he is number 9 and that may be the week when his price dips to its lowest level) -27K, but has been a good points scorer
Brown (suspended first 6 weeks)
Dixon +55K, but now injured. Very good early season
Harbrow +53K and played every game
Russell -52K and missed games
GWS
Hoskin-Elliott +3K but played only 3 games
O’Rourke yet to play
Shiel -87K and played every game
Hawthorn
Ellis yet to play a game
Franklin -138K and cost fantasy players heaps
Hodge +18K and exceeded expectations
Lake -42K and missed some games early
Rioli +28K, but missed many games
Shiels -34K but durable
Melbourne
Clark -60K and missed many games
Dawes -47K and missed many games
Sylvia +27K, but missed 3 through suspension
North Melbourne
Grima -116K (missed most of the pre-season, but played NAB4 for a squillion SC or DT points – it was always going to be a false lead; however, he has now dropped to a value price)
Harvey (suspended first 6 weeks) -8K; doing ok now that he is playing
Port Adelaide
Butcher no change; has just played 2 games at a low output
Cassisi down 30K and missed more games than he has played
Hombsch no change; didn’t play until R10 and now his price is set to rise
Logan no change; but will finally go up when figures come thru this week after playing his 3rd consecutive game after missing much of the pre-season
Richmond
Chaplin -34K
St Kilda
Riewoldt +30K and has been a star
Schneider no change; only played 1 game and price likely to drop once he plays 3
Simpkin no change; only played 1 game and price likely to drop once he plays 3
Sydney
Goodes +37K and played every game
Malcseki +47K and played every game
Mitchell no change, but price due to skyrocket after missing first 9 weeks
Mumford -86K and missed one game; now out injured
Shaw no change; only played 2 games and still out injured
West Coast Eagles
Naitanui -8K and missed early games
Nicoski still yet to play a game; currently getting touch in the WAFL
Wellingham -44K; played only 3 games and price likely to drop further
Waters -36K and only played 4 games
Western Bulldogs
Stringer +12K and played 6 games