If you traded out Ryan Houlihan you may be kicking yourself after he was named this week. (more…)

Dean Laidley is one of many coaches who love to sabotage fantasy hopes by dropping kids too early. (more…)

The fantasy hype machine is louder than ever this pre-season, but some don’t deserve spruiking. (more…)

Once a year we put on the double-breasted suit, hold a little blue card and make like Letterman. (more…)

The 2009 AFL Prospectus has already hit the hands of fantasy coaches with price and player position info. (more…)

Players like Adam Hartlett destroyed fantasy team structures last year with disappointing seasons. Lest we forget. (more…)

You’ve all done it. Round 1 of a new season, lockout is over and you can see everyone else’s teams, then the first round is completed and the rubber hits the road. You look over the scores and popularity of players, and you suddenly develop a big red welt on your forehead where you’ve just slapped yourself. “Why didn’t I pick him?” you exclaim. In the health interests of foreheads of Australian males everywhere, let’s try to stop that happening this year. (more…)

Of course Ben Cousins is getting all the headlines, and rightfully so with the Tigers jumping into the three-ring circus that Cousins’ life has been for years. However, fantasy coaches sifting through the 81 picks in the 2008 preseason and rookie drafts looking for value may end up taking more notice of other, less infamous players. (more…)

Unfortunately I can’t give you full statistics from the Under 18 championships this year. VFL stats also seem to be thin on the ground. If anyone knows of a freely available source, I’d be much obliged. At least we have some numbers to go on with from the Fantasy Freako newsletter earlier this year. (more…)

Now we’ve gone through the WAFL and SANFL draftee statistics in the previous two posts, time for the main course: the Victorian kids. They’ve mostly been running around playing each other in the TAC Cup this year, and there is plenty of fantasy value to be mined out of this table! (more…)