My word, am I panicking now. After a projected score of 2510 before the round started, I forgot to correctly set my loop that I had just traded in and copped CCJ’s 5 instead of looping him with Dev Robertson. On top of that, Dusty and Short apparently suck at football and Richmond will miss the finals. Bontempelli has been in some seriously good form this season. His ceiling is as high as ever, but his floor doesn’t seem to be as low as it once was. The Dogs will play North Melbourne, and it’s expected for the midfielders to have a day out. Bont’s form against North is actually quite patchy; he scored 82 against them in round three, 55 last season and just one ton in his last four games against the Kangaroos. He has scored at least 107 in every game since that round three clash, and hasn’t dropped below 125 since round seven. If you’re not going with Bont, you should go with Macrae. He didn’t set the world on fire against North in round three either, with a score of 108, and his two previous scores were only 90 and 105. But Macrae is averaging 126.5 on the year, 131.4 over his last five games and is fresh off the 137 last week. Expect a big score. Dayne Zorko is in the best SuperCoach form of the season at the moment. He has a three-round average of 152.7 and a five-round average of 143. Up against the Crows with Neale on the sidelines, chances are Zorko plays more midfield this week. He hasn’t had many CBAs in recent weeks, but his tackling pressure and score involvements have led to these mammoth scores. He only has a three-round average against the Crows of 91.3, but that includes an injury-affected 47. Jack Ziebell has become a reliable captaincy smokey this season with some good scores and consistent points. There’s no true data from previous seasons to suggest the scoring continues, but he did score 155 against the Western Bulldogs in round three. His serious defensive liabilities aren’t a factor in SuperCoach because he’s there just to kick the ball forward. Max Gawn has been somewhat underwhelming this year, yet he still averages 124.8. He faces GWS this week, who will ruck two of Flynn, Briggs and Mumford. He scored 163 earlier in the season against Flynn, and dropped a 150, 149 and 156 in his three games prior to this year. Gawn actually hasn’t cracked 140 since round six, but expect that to change.
