Adam Cerra came across from Fremantle in the off season to great hype, and there have been some pundits who think he has underperformed for his new club Carlton. While it is true that his personal statistical output has not been stellar, unlike fellow new chum George Hewett, his presence has allowed others to shine where previously they were playing whack-a-mole trying to cover lax efforts of lesser teammates. His value to fantasy coaches is enabling Hewett, Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh to shine as bright as they have this campaign.
Adam Cerra came across from Fremantle in the off season to great hype, and there have been some pundits who think he has underperformed for his new club Carlton. While it is true that his personal statistical output has not been stellar, unlike fellow new chum George Hewett, his presence has allowed others to shine where previously they were playing whack-a-mole trying to cover lax efforts of lesser teammates. His value to fantasy coaches is enabling Hewett, Patrick Cripps and Sam Walsh to shine as bright as they have this campaign.
Adam Cerra made the big move from Fremantle in the off season to a Blues side which has needed dependable inside help for Patrick Cripps for a good long while now. With Sam Walsh doing his best work on the outside and Ed Curnow ageing, Cerra and fellow trade-in George Hewett give Carlton a different mix at the coal face, which will hopefully lift the ratings of the entire team. Fantasy coaches wonder if he has already found his ceiling a la Dylan Shiel or whether he has another gear to go. His lack of popularity in fantasy suggests most think the former.
Adam Cerra was an interesting point of difference play in fantasy circles this year, and he has delivered some good scores, but a poorly-timed injury has halted his momentum and dropped his progress behind some much more successful options. Nevertheless, he still has some upside going into the second half of 2021 as he and Andrew Brayshaw seek to cement their status as A-rotation mids at the Dockers, trying to lift their scoring floors to befit that rating. At the moment he and the team are a bit uneven in output, as young players tend to be.
Adam Cerra was one of many Dockers to have a quiet one last week in the loss to Carlton, after dominating the previous week against GWS. This is not unexpected from such a young midfield, which has been entrusted by Justin Longmire to knit together as a group over the course of the year. Cerra along with Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong are the core of the next A-rotation midfield aiming for September for Fremantle, and while they will have peaks and troughs like all young players do, their worth for fantasy coaches should be steadily increasing averages.
Adam Cerra was inexplicably left out for a stretch of games early in a Fremantle season where their midfield depth was sorely tested from the get go. He is back in the team now and scoring at his old rate, in the role to which he is best suited of rotating through midfield with a focus on mopping up behind the footy. He is not going to be a premium asset in fantasy despite his defender eligibility, but his value in daily formats should present some value in the short term as he works hard to cement his spot in the best 22 of what by any measure is a thin list.
Cerra hopes to blossom
A ball magnet midfielder as a junior, Adam Cerra has been forced to bide his time at half back for the first two seasons of his career. The 2017 fifth selection at the national draft increased his disposal and mark outputs, including a 23-touch, seven-mark game against the Saints in round 3. Cerra has voiced his desires to play as a midfielder in 2020 and may be ready in the wake of the post-Lyon list cleanout. This selection is primarily based on believing that he can translate his junior performances to the top level. Available as a defender, selection in the latter mid rounds is reasonable.
Adam Cerra had a lot of promise coming into 2019, with a move from half back to permanent midfield most definitely on the cards after some flashy performances at the front end of the previous season. A high-grade hamstring injury involving tendon damage in January put paid to that, and on his delayed return in round 9 he largely started at half back in his old role, dropping by double digits in fantasy output with three less disposals and two less marks per game. It's not as if the Freo midfield is overloaded either, so that potential may have to wait another year.
Adam Cerra has played all but one game for Fremantle since transferring from the Giants two off seasons ago, producing much the same sort of game in purple as he did in charcoal and pumpkin. That game is predicated first on defence, of course, but also on occasional line-breaking dashes through the centre. He is a bit of a handball receive merchant, which means his floor is lower than is comfortable with starting him every week in draft leagues.
Adam Cerra was one of a number of young players identified in 2019 preseason as being among the crop of players who could be about to have a breakout season. The preseason injury to Connor Blakely might have solidified that impression, but it has turned out that Cerra has been used off half back instead of rotating through midfield, and his owners would be thinking seriously of jumping off this week looking for more value and higher upside. It's a long season, nonetheless, and he has another chance to impress today.
Cerra chases cherry
Of all the 2018 Fremantle debutants, Adam Cerra played the most games for the senior squad. The #5 draft pick was given a variety of different roles mostly rotating between midfield and half forward, including some late matches across half back. Cerra’s constancy needs improvement with five sub-40 point games, but a 30-possession showing against Adelaide in round 12 showed off his ceiling. Midfield minutes are up for grabs at Fremantle in 2019 and, much like his fellow draftee Andrew Brayshaw, Cerra will be eager to capitalise on the opportunity. He hasn’t set a foot wrong in the preseason and has put the knee and shoulder injuries from his junior years behind him. Expect Cerra to improve quickly to reward a pick toward the end of the draft, probably just behind Brayshaw.
Cerra not as firma
Taken three picks after new teammate Andrew Brayshaw, Adam Cerra shares many of the same qualities as an extractor with a lovely kick... apart from a resume filled out with a full junior career, as he missed a lot of time with knee and shoulder injuries. He is capable of much that same sort of statistical production when fit. While assurances were made to fans that the surgery from the last injury to his shoulder would not affect his first AFL preseason, the smart fantasy play on Cerra is to assume that he's going to appear in the ones a lot less than Brayshaw. This would be reversed by a stellar JLT, of course, in which case he would also be a late pick candidate.
