The popular Brisbane duo of Matthew Leuenberger and Tom Rockliff are out for multiple weeks, while reliable bench options in Jackson Thurlow, Sam Dwyer, Sam Colquhoun, Jesse Lonergan and Max Gawn are all out! With the extra trades, rolling lockouts and more media coverage than ever before, SuperCoach 2013 was meant to be “to easy” this couldn’t of been further from the truth as our once gold choices turn into headaches.
Looking back at some of the top scorers for round nine, while Friday nights Collingwood and Sydney clash was soured by the ugly issue of racism once again brought to the forefront of the football world. It unfortunately overshadowing the superb performance of Adam Goodes, at 33 years of age he was by far best-on-ground in the first game of the indigenous round.
The dual Brownlow medallist chalked up 30 touches and three goals on his way to 169 SC points in what was the real story of the night. Jobe Watson delivered 166 points to the many coaches who traded him in last week, Stevie J (151) put on a clinic over in Adelaide, Ablett (149) was simply, Ablett and Nic Naitanui (148) continued his brilliant return to AFL.
Round 10 captain choices are as follows:
Steve Johnson
Johnson has quickly become the most sought after forward in the game, and for good reason. We have always known the Norm Smith medallist has a huge ceiling, but with his recent move into the Cats midfield, consistency has been added to his devastating scoring power. Johnson has made a habit of destroying lowly ranked sides, against the Western Bulldogs, Melbourne and the two expansion clubs over the past two years, he has averaged a ridiculous 155 SC points a game! (over nine matches), in the form he’s in, who knows what he could produce against the Suns.