NAB Week 1 Preview: Geelong v Essendon

Day/Time: Mar 6, 7.10pm AEST. Ground: Kardinia

Teams

Geelong
FB:	Jed Bews, Mark Blicavs, Zach Guthrie
HB:	Tom Stewart, Harry Taylor, Zach Tuohy
C:	James Parsons, Patrick Dangerfield, Jordan Clark
HF:	Gryan Miers, Tom Hawkins, Gary Rohan
FF:	Bradley Close, Esava Ratugolea, Josh Jenkins
Fol:	Darcy Fort, Cameron Guthrie, Tom Atkins
Int:	Charlie Constable, Lachie Henderson, Rhys Stanley, Quinton Narkle

Essendon
FB:	Aaron Francis, Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Michael Hurley
HB:	Nigel Lockyer, Jordan Ridley, Matt Guelfi
C:	Kyle Langford, Andrew McGrath, Brayden Ham
HF:	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, David Zaharakis, Devon Smith
FF:	Jacob Townsend, Shaun McKernan, Jayden Laverde
Fol:	Andrew Phillips, Dylan Shiel, Zach Merrett
Int:	Darcy Parish, Martin Gleeson, Orazio Fantasia, Irving Mosquito

PROJECTED FANTASY SCORES FOR THIS ROUND

Geelong
Player	AF	SC	DT
Patrick Dangerfield	114	123	114
Mark Blicavs	94	92	94
Cameron Guthrie	84	82	84
Josh Jenkins	79	90	79
Tom Hawkins	69	73	69
Lachie Henderson	66	71	66
Harry Taylor	66	77	66
Zach Tuohy	64	77	64
Rhys Stanley	64	77	64
Jed Bews	53	57	53
Gary Rohan	51	60	51
James Parsons	41	50	41
Tom Atkins	0	0	0
Charlie Constable	0	0	0
Quinton Narkle	0	0	0
Zach Guthrie	0	0	0
Esava Ratugolea	0	0	0
Jordan Clark	0	0	0
Gryan Miers	0	0	0
Bradley Close	0	0	0
Tom Stewart	0	0	0
Darcy Fort	0	0	0

Essendon
Player	AF	SC	DT
Zach Merrett	115	105	115
Dylan Shiel	98	104	98
David Zaharakis	80	73	80
Kyle Langford	77	66	77
Devon Smith	71	86	71
Jacob Townsend	69	64	69
Darcy Parish	66	66	66
Shaun McKernan	64	64	64
Martin Gleeson	64	64	64
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	61	68	61
Jayden Laverde	57	57	55
Orazio Fantasia	52	57	52
Andrew Phillips	52	55	49
Aaron Francis	28	37	28
Andrew McGrath	0	0	0
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	0	0	0
Irving Mosquito	0	0	0
Michael Hurley	0	0	0
Nigel Lockyer	0	0	0
Matt Guelfi	0	0	0
Brayden Ham	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	0	0	0

Top 10 GE in Dream Team vs ES

Player	Avg	Gm	Diff	B/W
Darcy Lang	114.0	1	+57	B
Joel Selwood	110.9	9	+13
Jimmy Bartel	94.9	14	-1
Mathew Stokes	94.9	8	+17	B
James Kelly	92.4	15	+12
Steven Motlop	87.6	5	+20
Steve Johnson	87.1	16	-3
Mitch Duncan	84.6	5	+4
Andrew Mackie	84.0	11	+7
Billie Smedts	82.5	2	+35

Top 5 GE Overperformers vs ES

Darcy Lang	114.0	1	+57	B
Billie Smedts	82.5	2	+35
George Horlin-Smith	78.5	2	+26	B
Jackson Thurlow	78.5	2	+21
Steven Motlop	87.6	5	+20

Top 5 GE Underperformers vs ES

Nathan Vardy	32.0	1	-24
Sam Blease	29.0	2	-15
Josh Caddy	56.0	3	-15
Cameron Guthrie	51.5	4	-10
Shane Kersten	32.0	2	-8

Top 10 ES in Dream Team vs GE

Player	Avg	Gm	Diff	B/W
Dyson Heppell	104.0	5	+13	B
Jonathan Giles	89.0	2	+23
David Zaharakis	87.2	6	+8
Brendon Goddard	85.8	21	-3
Brent Stanton	83.2	12	-11
Elliott Kavanagh	83.0	1	+36	B
Ben Howlett	80.7	6	+4
Travis Colyer	80.3	3	+23	B
Mitch Clisby	79.5	2	+7
Michael Hibberd	78.5	4	+1

Top 5 ES Overperformers vs GE

Elliott Kavanagh	83.0	1	+36	B
Sam Michael	61.0	1	+29	B
Jonathan Giles	89.0	2	+23
Travis Colyer	80.3	3	+23	B
Nick Kommer	68.0	1	+19	B

Top 5 ES Underperformers vs GE

Paul Chapman	55.0	2	-34	W
Mark Baguley	55.7	3	-15
Jason Winderlich	54.1	7	-15
Jobe Watson	75.7	9	-15	W
Zach Merrett	63.5	2	-15

LEGEND
Avg = Average Dream Team score against this opponent.
Gm = Games played against this opponent.
Diff = Difference between the player's average Dream Team score against this opponent to his overall average.
B = Player's average against this opponent is his best.
W = Player's average against this opponent is his worst.

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