In 2013 however, the byes will not cause as much pain, with only the top 18 scores of your side counting toward your total therefore trading solely for the bye is not as vital this year. Stick to the golden rule, buy the best available player, and ideally at their cheapest point, this week’s example is Jobe Watson.
Looking at the high scorers of round eight, we saw Josh Kennedy become hot property, with back-to-back 140+ scores. Brandon Ellis, quite a few would have taken the risk on him as a cheap defender after his early season vest run, if so, he rewarded you big time with 39 disposals and 149 points. Likewise was fellow young Tiger, Nick Vlastuin who cut the Demons to shreds on his way to 141 points. Other notable scorers were Jobe Watson (144), Nic Nat who featured in last week’s skippers (142) and Marc Murphy (130).
Round 9 captaincy choices are as follows
Josh Kennedy
As mentioned before, he is in hot form with scores of 151 & 143 over the past fortnight. The contested ball machine is a popular pick and will no doubt be a popular captain choice in tonight’s blockbuster against Collingwood. JPK loves playing the Pies, his last three matches have returned scores of 132, 168 and 124, he is simply a jet.