Nat Fyfe is a lock for your Fantasy team. Picture: AFL Photos

WHEN a club gets a new coach, it's always exciting to see the introduction of a fresh and hopefully Fantasy-friendly game style. Let’s hope this is the case with Fremantle where Fantasy options have been few and far between the last few years.

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Superstar Nat Fyfe was the only Docker in 2019 to reach a triple figure average with 105. Hopefully next season he gets some support with the shackles off.

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Lock them in

Nat Fyfe (MID, $779,000) is coming off his career-best Fantasy season, which is a surprise given he only averaged 105. Coming into last season there were question marks as to whether he could consistently reach a ceiling of 120, but in a positive sign for the future he did it on seven occasions.  A new game style might be just what he needs to reach the elusive heights of a 110 average although he could spend more time forward to preserve his body. Possible DPP addition throughout the season?

Track their pre-season

Andrew Brayshaw (FWD/MID, $516,000) is in a prime position to explode. He has averaged 67 and 70 respectively over the first two years of his career and a player of his talent has third-year breakout written all over him. He is certainly one of the most talented midfielders on their list and he will embrace the opportunity. The fact he is available as a forward adds huge value and makes him one to watch in Draft.

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Dual-position tempter

Michael Walters (FWD/MID, $694,000) is highly underrated from a Fantasy perspective and in a year where we are starved of elite forward options, he has thrown his hat in the ring on the back of a career-high average of 94. If he looks like getting plenty of midfield time, jump on and enjoy his high ceiling which peaked at 143 last season.

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Draft sleeper

Blake Acres (FWD/MID, $501,000) is one to watch in Draft and if he can find his best form, I guess the bold could look at him as an underpriced option in Classic. Last season he averaged just 68, but in 2018, he averaged a career-high 81 from 12 games which included a top score of 124.

Bargain basement

Caleb Serong (MID, $256,000) could find himself in the mix for games very early if he has a successful pre-season. After averaging 24 possessions for the Gippsland Power while providing plenty of grunt work around the ball, he already looks equipped with the tools to make an instant contribution to what looks like a thin midfield group.

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Forgotten warrior

Sean Darcy (RUC, $511,000) is coming into his fourth season following an injury-riddled campaign where the talented big man played 11 games for an average of 69. If you cast your mind back to 2017, Darcy burst onto the scene with some impressive scores including 103 and 138 from his eight games for an average of 84.

Buyer beware

Running machine Stephen Hill (DEF/MID, $428,000) looks a tempting prospect, given his discounted price and defender status. Following just three games in 2019, Hill is available for the price of a player averaging just 58, which on the surface looks great for a player who averaged over 90 during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. My concern here has been his lack of durability of late, playing just 16 games over the last two seasons combined.  

Fremantle prices for 2020

PLAYER

POSITION

2019

AVG

2019

GMS

2020

PRICE

Nat Fyfe

MID

105

20

$779,000

Michael Walters

MID/FWD

93.5

22

$694,000

Matt Taberner

FWD

86.4

9

$622,000

David Mundy

MID

80.5

22

$597,000

Luke Ryan

DEF

80.1

18

$594,000

Rory Lobb

RUC

79.3

15

$588,000

Connor Blakely

DEF

74.8

14

$555,000

Reece Conca

MID

74.7

22

$554,000

Darcy Tucker

MID/FWD

72.6

22

$539,000

Andrew Brayshaw

MID/FWD

69.5

22

$516,000

Sean Darcy

RUC

68.8

11

$511,000

Blake Acres

MID/FWD

67.5

19

$501,000

James Aish

DEF

66.9

13

$496,000

Jesse Hogan

FWD

66.1

12

$490,000

Taylin Duman

DEF

65.9

14

$489,000

Nathan Wilson

DEF

64.8

18

$481,000

Brandon Matera

FWD

62

20

$460,000

Adam Cerra

DEF

60.8

20

$451,000

Travis Colyer

FWD

60.4

10

$448,000

Bailey Banfield

FWD

55.1

7

$433,000

Ethan Hughes

DEF

58.1

21

$431,000

Stephen Hill

DEF/FWD

37.7

3

$428,000

Cam McCarthy

FWD

56.3

12

$418,000

Sam Switkowski

FWD

56.3

18

$418,000

Brennan Cox

FWD

47.8

8

$417,000

Griffin Logue

DEF

50.5

10

$375,000

Brett Bewley

FWD

54.3

7

$367,000

Mitchell Crowden

FWD

56.2

5

$354,000

Joel Hamling

DEF

46.5

22

$345,000

Alex Pearce

DEF

43.5

11

$323,000

Lachlan Schultz

FWD

47.4

7

$320,000

Stefan Giro

MID

0

0

$298,000

Hayden Young

DEF

0

0

$258,000

Caleb Serong

MID

0

0

$256,000

Liam Henry

MID/FWD

0

0

$254,000

Jason Carter

DEF

38.5

2

$217,000

Hugh Dixon

FWD

35

1

$195,000

Sam Sturt

FWD

0

0

$170,000

Luke Valente

MID

0

0

$170,000

Lloyd Meek

RUC

0

0

$170,000

Dillon O'Reilly

DEF

0

0

$170,000

Minairo Frederick

FWD

0

0

$170,000

Jarvis Pina

DEF/MID

0

0

$170,000

Tom North

MID

0

0

$170,000

Tobe Watson

DEF

0

0

$170,000

Isaiah Butters

FWD

0

0

$170,000

Leno Thomas

DEF

0

0

$170,000


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