It’s really hard to try and makes these articles relevant now, because most teams primarily aiming for the best possible overall ranking will probably have done their upgrades by now. However, for those of you shooting for league supremacy it’s impossible to predict where you need upgrades. I guess I’ll just check out the best value that I see on the board and that man is Triple D. 

Dalziell was a DT’ers dream, so to speak last year. He came in from Round 16 and dominated with a 94.7 average all at a rookie price. Dalziell is all grown up now and is priced around the same mark as other DT guns, but to me he’s presenting great value for the run home. Injury cost him points back in Round 5 when he scored 48 points. In his first game back after a long lay off Razzle Dazzle showed no signs of missing a beat with a 103 (granted, against Freo). 

Bradd Dalziell Maybe it’s just the romanticism of last season, but so far this season he has scored four tons in six games (one of those was when he got injured against Geelong). That’s already more tons than he scored in his impressive run home last year. 

The thing I really like about Dalziell is that he’s a very average kick of the ball. The opposition are more than happy to let him have the ball, because there a better chance that it’ll result in a turnover than if they allowed someone like Luke Power or Simon Black. If you’re an AFL coach, really you’re pretty cool with Dalziell having his hands on it by comparison to some of Brisbane’s silky users. 

His run home is neither here nor there. Brisbane don’t play any of the teams Top 5 teams for DT points against, however they don’t play the three stingiest teams. Their run home of North, Collingwood, Essendon, Bulldogs, Port and Sydney is mostly full of teams that are around mid table for DT points conceded. It should be noted that although Sydney have typically being DT shockers, that’s starting to change a little bit (they’re the fourth most restrictive team this year). 

The one thing I will point out about Dalziell is that he has a very big break even score this week, so he’s not quite at his cheapest. If your structure demands an extra gun midfielder this week, then Dalziell presents the best value in my opinion. Bear in mind though, if you are in no rush to make an upgrade that you should be able to get him a little cheaper next week. At this stage of the year, money won’t be a huge issue for most coaches (the amount of trades left is the big issue!), but I thought I’d just throw that out there.