Head to head matchups begin this week for our Fan Team and our first opponent is the Adelaide Crows. We've gone behind enemy lines and scouted some of our opponent's prime movers. Both teams boast Scott Pendlebury and Dayne Beams in the midfield, while Rory Sloane, Jarryd Roughead and Dustin Martin are some of Adelaide's uniques.
Our backlines are quite different, with Jarrad McVeigh, Grant Birchall and Luke McDonald the only players to appear in both teams. We'll look for Jimmy Bartel and Aaron Mullett to outscore Matt Suckling and David Swallow this week, and hope that Sam Mitchell doesn't return from injury for them.
Our team was solid if unspectacular in Round 2, with 1821 points. Our best performers were Scott Pendlebury (152 points) and Brent Harvey (118 points) while Dayne Beams, Nick Dal Santo, Aaron Sandilands and Dom Tyson also cracked the ton. All four are increasing in value, and were great pickups at the start of the year.
Our depth is impressive so far, with Tom Langdon, Xavier Ellis and Tom Hickey all unable to get a look into our starting team, but rising in value nicely all the same. Gary Ablett was quiet against the Dockers as captain with 80, but we expect him to bounce back strongly against the Lions. We'll get your votes below on who should captain the team this week.
Work is definitely needed in our forward line, with both Zach Merrett and Jarman Impey forced to start on the field every week. Further, Jack Ziebell and Patrick Dangerfield have so far produced less in Fantasy than we expected. In order to upgrade our forward line, we'll need to downgrade one to free up some cash. Given Dangerfield should still be a top 1 or 2 forward in fantasy this year, it's Jack who we'll look to move on.
Help us decide who to bring in this week! We have $82,500 in the kitty. If we downgrade Ziebell to a cash cow, we will be able to upgrade Zach Merrett to a gun forward. Our midfield depth is good enough that we can cover Ziebell's absence with either Tom Langdon or Xavier Ellis.
