Round 13 of the 2011 AFL season was all ways going to be a tough one for Fantasy Coaches (i.e. DreamTeam, SuperCoach, etc) with Collingwood having their second bye meaning missing out on popular players like Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury, Heath Shaw and Alan Didak, but it is getting worst and worst as the weekend goes on and looks like continuing as the teams are named on Thursday night and refined on Friday night.
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So lets start the journey through the carnage at the Ruck position. Mark Harvey reported that Aaron Sandilands who has missed about a month with his toe injury will not be back this week but will be back next week. But thats okay, we have Cox and Zac Smith to play ruck, right? Wrong! Guy McKenna reported today that Zac would be rested this week with “General Soreness”. This will force some trades and will force some to cover with the likes of Petrie (with his Dual Positioning). In other news from the West, Michael Barlow (last years Fantasy super Rookie) will return from his serious leg injury that has kept him out for about 10 months. Unfortunately off-setting the return of Barlow is the loss of there other midfield star, David Mundy.
Then we move to the backs were Hot early back, the Lions Vice Captain Jed Adcock looked like a man whos performances of recent times suggested that he needed to pull his finger. There has been a reason why he needed to do it and it was that he had an injured finger. He this week underwent surgery on a broken finger and will miss a number of weeks. This probably isn’t the biggest issue with the rookies in the defence having fired meaning that most teams have cover, except one team. The Lions. They are already reeling from injuries including having lost Merritt for about 10 weeks (or most of the season).
The Hawks are another team facing a massive toll from injuries after there Round 12 match-up with the Cats. The biggest of the injuries is too Jarryd Roughead who will miss the rest of the Season after rupturing his Achilles tendon. Next is Brent Renouf who took a big hit in a ruck contest to the point that he had to have surgery to remove his gall bladder removed. He will miss a number of weeks which means the Hawks are missing there two ruckman from the weekend. David Hale should be ready to return as should fan favorite Max Bailey. But also in the wings is Jordan Lisle who, to me anyway, is a more similar replacement for Roughy. Lisle has been groomed to play sometime in the ruck so I wouldn’t be surprised to see any two of the three or all three. The dark horse in the race is Luke Lowden who has been playing well at Box Hill. Clinton Young will miss as well with a hammy tightness opening the door for a return of Issac Smith and lastly Brent Guerra is in doubt after he got whacked by Joel Selwood. He is listed as a test but has to be considered unlikely with that perforated eardrum. On the other side of that incident, Joel Selwood will be missing for 4 weeks after failing in his appeal against his report.
Of course, all this analysis could come to not much if teams can’t reach there games due to the Ash Cloud that is causing havoc to AFL teams travel plans. Many teams are travelling early to give the best chance for them to reach their destinations.
I think there the major movements. Don’t forget to bookmark the page and return over the day to get all the team updates as I hunt them out across the web! How is your DreamTeam/SuperCoach side looking?
- While your waiting for updates about the teams make ups don’t forget to check-out the latest Coaches Box AFL DreamTeam and SuperCoach podcast. Last night we had special guest, Skooks, who is inside the Top 500 with a bullet! We analysis his starting team and trades and then go through the round review to give you an idea who to keep, who to toss and what structral moves you should be considering.
- Thursday 12:20pm: Carlton reporting that Houlihan will be very close this week and Waite will be named and might play.
- Thursday 12:24pm: Bulldogs will have another player debut this week.
- Thursday 1:44pm: Further news at the Dogs says that Adam Cooney will be back this weekend but Hall and Lake won’t.
- Thursday 4:55pm: Teams will be delayed due to technical issues at the AFL. Will bring the news as it comes to hand
- Thursday 5:02pm: First team in.
- Thursday5:05pm: Chappy is in the Cats side according to their twitter. Was some doubt last night but could have just been an outdated injury report.
- Thursday 5:08pm: Heppell and Hibberd survive the cull at the Bombers: In: Pears, Bellchambers, Stanton, Hocking, Lonergan Out: Hille, Colyer, H.Slattery, Welsh, Browne (all omitted)
- Thursday 5:10pm: Hawks team in. As expected. Ins: Smith, Hale, Bailey and Ladson. Outs: Roughy, Renouf, Young, Guerra
- Thursday 5:12pm: Gold Coast have lost 2 of the Rising Star chances in Smith and Swallow. In – Hunt, Hutchins, Gorringe, Shaw… Out – Swallow (ankle), Smith (ankle), Tape, May. Is Ankle Gold Coasten for General Soreness?
- Thursday 5:14pm: Saints bring back Montagna: Saints IN: Montagna, Blake OUT: Simpkin, Ledger.
- Thursday 5:14pm: Carlton IN: Houlihan, Austin and Armfield.
- Thursday 5:16pm: Dockers: In – Barlow, Bucovaz, Mellington, Palmer, van Berlo Out – Ballantyne (hamstring), Mundy (ankle).
- Thursday 5:18pm: Port: In: Cassisi, Stewart, Davenport, Ebert Out: Moore. Eagles: Ins: Mackenzie, Sheppard, Stevens, Swift Out: Masten
- Thursday 5:19pm: Carlton: Ins: Houlihan, Austin, Armfield. Sydney: Ins: Bevan, Moore, Mumford.
- Thursday 5:20pm: Demons: Petterd, Dunn, Garland in
- Thursday 5:21pm: Richmond: Ins: McGuane,Post,Webberley Outs: Astbury, Batchelor, White. Brisbane: Ins: Bewick, Drummond, Karnezis, Harwood Outs: Austin, Stiller, Retzlaff, Adcock
- Thursday 5:25pm: Adelaide: Ins: Henderson, Schmidt Outs: Reilly, Sellar. Bulldogs: Ins: Gilbee, Cooney, Schofield Outs: Mulligan, Stack, Howard
- Thursday Teams are in. More news over the weekend.
- Friday 2:45pm: Port have a couple of possible late outs. Westoff with a foot worry and (Fantasy very Relevant) Jacobs with some sort of illness
- Friday 5pm: Sunday squads are in and its time to make those trades in SuperCoach and Dreamteam! How many Donuts (zeros) are you facing?
Western Bulldogs
B: Liam Picken, Tom L. Williams, Easton Wood
HB: Robert Murphy, Dale Morris, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Justin Sherman
HF: Shaun Higgins, Liam Jones, Callan Ward
F: Luke Dahlhaus, William Minson, Daniel Giansiracusa
Foll: Ben Hudson, Ryan Griffen, Adam Cooney
I/C: Ed Barlow, Nathan Djerrkura, Thomas Liberatore, Jayden Schofield
Emg: Sam Reid, Christian Howard, Lukas Markovic
In: Adam Cooney, Lindsay Gilbee, Jayden Schofield
Out: Brennan Stack (Hamstring), James Mulligan (Calf), Christian Howard
New: Jayden Schofield (East Fremantle)
Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Luke Thompson
HB: Michael Doughty, Andy Otten, Brad Symes
C: Matthew Jaensch, Scott Thompson, Nathan van Berlo
HF: Chris Knights, Ricky Henderson, Rory Sloane
F: Jack Gunston, Kurt Tippett, Matthew Wright
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Richard Douglas, Patrick Dangerfield
I/C: Bernie Vince, Jared Petrenko, Shaun McKernan, Christopher Schmidt
Emg: Ivan Maric, Aidan Riley, Richard Tambling
In: Ricky Henderson, Christopher Schmidt
Out: Brent Reilly (Knee), James Sellar
Hawthorn
B: Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Paul Puopolo
HB: Matt Suckling, Ryan Schoenmakers, Thomas Murphy
C: Isaac Smith, Sam Mitchell, Shane Savage
HF: Shaun Burgoyne, Lance Franklin, Liam Shiels
F: Cyril Rioli, Jordan Lewis, Brendan Whitecross
Foll: Max Bailey, Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell
I/C: Rick Ladson, Michael Osborne, Luke Breust, David Hale
Emg: Jordan Lisle, Riley Milne, Kyle Cheney
In: Max Bailey, Rick Ladson, David Hale, Isaac Smith
Out: Brent Guerra (Ear), Jarryd Roughead (Achilles), Clinton Young (Hamstring), Brent Renouf (Internal Injuries)
Gold Coast Suns
B: Rex Liddy, Jack Hutchins, Campbell Brown
HB: Jarrod Harbrow, Nathan Bock, Karmichael Hunt
C: Sam Iles, Michael Rischitelli, Matt Shaw
HF: Nathan Krakouer, Tom Lynch, Jared Brennan
F: Daniel Stanley, Sam Day, Luke Russell
Foll: Josh Fraser, Trent McKenzie, Gary Ablett
I/C: Maverick Weller, Daniel Harris, Dion Prestia, Daniel Gorringe
Emg: Hayden Jolly, Joel Wilkinson, Jacob Gillbee
In: Karmichael Hunt, Matt Shaw, Jack Hutchins, Daniel Gorringe
Out: Zac Smith (Ankle), Steven May, Seb Tape, David Swallow (Ankle)
Essendon
B: Michael Hibberd, Dustin Fletcher, Cale Hooker
HB: Dyson Heppell, Tayte Pears, Kyle Hardingham
C: Mark McVeigh, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton
HF: Michael Hurley, Patrick Ryder, Leroy Jetta
F: Angus Monfries, Stewart Crameri, David Zaharakis
Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Heath Hocking, Ben Howlett
I/C: Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, David Myers, Jake Melksham
Emg: David Hille, Brent Prismall, Travis Colyer
In: Heath Hocking, Sam Lonergan, Brent Stanton, Tayte Pears, Tom Bellchambers
Out: David Hille, Henry Slattery, Andrew Welsh, Travis Colyer, Alex Browne
North Melbourne
B: Scott Thompson, Luke Delaney, Michael Firrito
HB: Brady Rawlings, Cameron Pedersen, Nathan Grima
C: Shaun Atley, Andrew Swallow, Daniel Wells
HF: Jack Ziebell, Aaron Edwards, Liam Anthony
F: Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Leigh Adams
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Brent Harvey, Ryan Bastinac
I/C: Scott McMahon, Levi Greenwood, Samuel Wright, Ben Cunnington
Emg: Benjamin Speight, Ben McKinley, Kieran Harper
In: Nathan Grima, Samuel Wright
Out: Lachlan Hansen (Concussion), Benjamin Speight
Brisbane Lions
B: Tom Collier, Matt Maguire, Ashley McGrath
HB: Pearce Hanley, Joel Patfull, Mitchell Golby
C: Daniel Rich, Simon Black, Tom Rockliff
HF: Rohan Bewick, Mitchell Clark, Luke Power
F: Todd Banfield, Jonathan Brown, Sam Sheldon
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, James Polkinghorne, Jack Redden
I/C: Josh Drummond, Ryan Harwood, Patrick Karnezis, Joshua Green
Emg: Cheynee Stiller, Matt Austin, Bryce Retzlaff
In: Josh Drummond, Ryan Harwood, Patrick Karnezis, Rohan Bewick
Out: Jed Adcock (Finger), Cheynee Stiller, Matt Austin, Bryce Retzlaff
New: Patrick Karnezis (Oakleigh Chargers)
Richmond
B: Chris Newman, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Brett Deledio, Luke McGuane, Shaun Grigg
C: Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin, Reece Conca
HF: Jake King, Tyrone Vickery, Shane Edwards
F: Mitchell Farmer, Jack Riewoldt, Brad Miller
Foll: Andrew Browne, Daniel Jackson, Nathan Foley
I/C: Jayden Post, Tom Hislop, Robin Nahas, Jeromey Webberley
Emg: Shane Tuck, Matthew White, David Gourdis
In: Luke McGuane, Jayden Post, Jeromey Webberley
Out: Matthew White, David Astbury (Knee), Jake Batchelor (Soreness)
St Kilda
B: Sean Dempster, Zac Dawson, Steven Baker
HB: Jason Gram, Sam Fisher, James Gwilt
C: Brendon Goddard, David Armitage, Clinton Jones
HF: Brett Peake, Sam Gilbert, Adam Schneider
F: Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt, Leigh Montagna
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Nick Dal Santo, Jack Steven
I/C: Jason Blake, Raphael Clarke, Farren Ray, Ryan Gamble
Emg: Justin Koschitzke, Tom Ledger, Dean Polo
Geelong Cats
B: Andrew Mackie, Tom Lonergan, Matthew Scarlett
HB: Josh Hunt, Harry Taylor, Darren Milburn
C: Jimmy Bartel, Cameron Ling, Corey Enright
HF: Daniel Menzel, James Podsiadly, Mathew Stokes
F: Mitch Duncan, Nathan Vardy, Steve Johnson
Foll: Brad Ottens, James Kelly, Paul Chapman
I/C: Joel Corey, David Wojcinski, Travis Varcoe, Taylor Hunt
Emg: Mitch Brown, Allen Christensen, Josh Cowan
Melbourne
B: James Strauss, James Frawley, Joel Macdonald
HB: Nathan Jones, Jared Rivers, Jack Trengove
C: Tom Scully, Ricky Petterd, Jeremy Howe
HF: Colin Sylvia, Jack Watts, Cale Morton
F: Liam Jurrah, Max Gawn, Brad Green
Foll: Stefan Martin, Brent Moloney, Jordie McKenzie
I/C: Clint Bartram, Colin Garland, Jamie Bennell, Jordan Gysberts
Emg: Lynden Dunn, Daniel Nicholson, Michael Evans
In: Ricky Petterd, Colin Garland
Out: Neville Jetta (Hand), Michael Evans
Fremantle
B: Greg Broughton, Luke McPharlin, Antoni Grover
HB: Paul Duffield, Michael Johnson, Garrick Ibbotson
C: Nathan Fyfe, Matthew Pavlich, Jesse Crichton
HF: Ryan Crowley, Kepler Bradley, Tendai Mzungu
F: Clancee Pearce, Christopher Mayne, Stephen Hill
Foll: Jonathon Griffin, Nick Lower, Matthew de Boer
I/C: Clayton Hinkley, Zachary Clarke, Benjamin Bucovaz, Michael Barlow
Emg: Rhys Palmer, Jay Van Berlo, Josh Mellington
In: Benjamin Bucovaz, Michael Barlow
Out: David Mundy (Leg), Hayden Ballantyne (Hamstring)
New: Benjamin Bucovaz (Geelong Falcons)
Carlton
B: Zach Tuohy, Michael Jamison, Jordan Russell
HB: Nick Duigan, Bret Thornton, Christopher Yarran
C: Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs, Heath Scotland
HF: Eddie Betts, Lachlan Henderson, Kade Simpson
F: Jeffrey Garlett, Shaun Hampson, Andrew Walker
Foll: Matthew Kreuzer, Mitch Robinson, Chris Judd
I/C: Andrew Carrazzo, Ryan Houlihan, David Ellard, Edward Curnow
Emg: Paul Bower, Mark Austin, Dennis Armfield
In: Ryan Houlihan
Out: Paul Bower
Sydney Swans
B: Nicholas Smith, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
C: Rhyce Shaw, Jude Bolton, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ben McGlynn, Sam Reid, Josh P. Kennedy
F: Kieren Jack, Adam Goodes, Ryan O’Keefe
Foll: Shane Mumford, Craig Bird, Daniel Hannebery
I/C: Nick Malceski, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Mark Seaby, Lewis Jetta
Emg: Paul Bevan, Jarred Moore, Trent Dennis-Lane
In: Shane Mumford
Out: Trent Dennis-Lane
West Coast Eagles
B: Ashley Smith, Darren Glass, Shannon Hurn
HB: Sam Butler, Will Schofield, Scott Selwood
C: Matthew Rosa, Matthew Priddis, Andrew Embley
HF: Luke Shuey, Josh Kennedy, Mark Nicoski
F: Mark LeCras, Quinten Lynch, Jack Darling
Foll: Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Daniel Kerr
I/C: Bradley Ebert, Nic Naitanui, Thomas Swift, Patrick McGinnity
Emg: Eric Mackenzie, Brad Sheppard, Koby Stevens
In: Thomas Swift
Out: Chris Masten
Port Adelaide
B: Tom Logan, Alipate Carlile, Jackson Trengove
HB: Michael Pettigrew, Troy Chaplin, Jasper Pittard
C: Danyle Pearce, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
HF: Matthew Broadbent, Jay Schulz, Robert Gray
F: Simon Phillips, Justin Westhoff, Daniel Motlop
Foll: Dean Brogan, Hamish Hartlett, Matt Thomas
I/C: Domenic Cassisi, Daniel Stewart, Ben Jacobs, Cameron O’Shea
Emg: Brett Ebert, Jacob Surjan, Jason Davenport
In: Domenic Cassisi, Daniel Stewart
Out: Jacob Surjan, Andrew Moore





