View Kreuze Kontrol‘s Team
Round 8 Score: 2,036
Current Overall Ranking:23,131 of 298,872 (Total score: 15,858)
Trades Left: 12
Remaining Salary Cap: $65,900

Dear Kreuze Kontrol,

Thank you for submitting your team. At first glance, I can see that you have picked up two unique players in Paul Bower and Bernie Vince. From a personal perspective, I’ll be looking very closely at these two players for my dreamteam in 2011, because I believe they have the potential to be DT stars. Unfortunately for you, they have caused you nothing but nightmares for various reasons in 2010.

Bower has a magnificent average of 111 points per game; his problem is he can’t stay out on the park. Suspect quads have reduced him to just two games in 2010. Bower is likely to miss another next three weeks due to his latest quad injury, but you have adequate cover so I recommend keeping him. Furthermore, I like Bower as a unique selection and he will provide you with a very handy point of difference upon his return.

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Vince on the other hand has played all eight games in 2010; his problem is heavy attention from opposition taggers and ongoing hamstring concerns. An average of 89 points per game in 2010, well down from his 2009 average of 100 points per game tells the true story. Vince is now likely to miss at least the next two games through a combination of a rolled ankle sustained at training and a one match club suspension. Assuming one of Ben Howlett or Luke Shuey can cover for you for the next two weeks, I recommend holding onto Vince because I expect him to finish the season strongly. The saying “form is temporary, class is permanent” springs to mind with Vince.

My recommendations this week:

OUT: Ben Nason (227,900) and Scott Gumbleton ($235,100);

IN: Jeromey Webberley ($89,500) and Alan Didak ($397,200).

Nason and Gumbleton have both been brilliant for you thus far, but they are now ripe for the picking.

In relation to the ins, the 21 year old mature age recruit Jeromey Webberley has scored 61 and 52 in his first two games with the Tigers. This is your last chance to snap him up for a bargain, so my advice is to act now. One thing I like with Webberley is that assuming he continues his current impressive form, he should hold his position in Richmond’s best 22. Coach Damien Hardwick has an obligation to find new players capable of playing AFL football. The only way he can find these new players is to give them plenty of games.

My reason for recommending Didak is simple; he is a proven DT gun.

Good luck!