It's a jam-packed episode of the Official AFL Fantasy Podcast with Roy, Warnie and Calvin as they boys reveal some of the secrets for Fantasy 2018. Looking at the new Classic salary cap of $12.6 million, the lads pump through what you need to know from Tom Mitchell at $896K down to the basement priced $170K players. The top players in each position are talked through to get our Draft lists sorted and some of your questions from social media have been answered. This is just the start of some huge...
Dec 12, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 2
It has been a couple of months between podcasts and because footy never sleeps, The Traders found some time in their relaxing off-season to catch up and talk AFL Fantasy. Plenty has happened since Roy, Calvin and Warnie celebrated their Fantasy Mad Monday including Richmond breaking their 37-year drought, taking out the 2017 flag. The trade period was a busy time with 28 players finding new homes. The boys discuss each move and what it could mean for their Fantasy prospects, including for those ...
Nov 02, 2017•54 min•Season 5Ep. 1
It was 23 weeks ago that we all thought we had picked the best AFL Fantasy Classic possible team under the $11M salary cap or drafted the best team against our mates in Fantasy Draft. For most of us, we learned on the weekend that indeed, our Classic side wasn't that great and it was the mate who nailed his Draft side and was first to hunt the free agents who won the league Grand Final. Selby Lee-Steere walks away as the champion of AFL Fantasy Classic for 2017 after his side, Moreira's Magic ra...
Aug 28, 2017•54 min•Season 4Ep. 56
OUR AFL Fantasy gurus, The Traders, take to the airwaves each week as the teams drop. Join Warnie, Calvin and Roy as the round 23 teams land and they give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy Classic squad in Grand Final week. In the boys' final show for the year they'll be joined by Adelaide's rookie sensation Hugh Greenwood, a stunning success story for the ladder leaders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 24, 2017•59 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Here it is, the culmination of the 2017 season; round 23 and the AFL Fantasy Grand Finals. After 22 weeks, 45 trades and thousands of Fantasy points added up it all comes down to this last game of the season for the two combatants featuring in your respective league grand finale. What do you do with your two trades this week? Chasing players with a favourable match-up is a preferred move. During the last three weeks, North Melbourne, Fremantle, Gold Coast, West Coast and Fremantle have been givi...
Aug 21, 2017•53 min•Season 4Ep. 54
Our AFL Fantasy gurus, The Traders, take to the airwaves each week as the teams drop. Join Warnie, Calvin and Roy on AFL.com.au and the official AFL Live app for an hour of LIVE radio as they watch the teams land, and give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy squad. Every Thursday until round 23, the boys are joined by special guests and talk through all the big Fantasy issues of the week. Sam Docherty joins the boys this week to accept his Dane Swan Medal as the Fantasy MVP in 2...
Aug 17, 2017•58 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Round 22 is the preliminary finals weekend for AFL Fantasy leagues. The remaining four teams battle it out in a do-or-die clash, aiming for a spot in the Grand Final. There is no tomorrow after this week. (Well, you can obviously keep playing and there is Fantasy Match Day with a chance to win $1000 each weekend that continues throughout September). Most coaches were faced with a couple of forced trades ahead of the semi-finals. Whether it was the suspended Brodie Grundy or injured Joel Selwood,...
Aug 14, 2017•50 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Our AFL Fantasy gurus, The Traders, take to the airwaves each week as the teams drop. Join Warnie, Calvin and Roy on AFL.com.au and the official AFL Live app for an hour of LIVE radio as they watch the teams land, and give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy squad. Every Thursday until round 23, the boys are joined by special guests and talk through all the big Fantasy issues of the week. This week they'll be joined by Sydney backline jet and Fantasy cash cow Nic Newman, who has...
Aug 10, 2017•59 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Two teams were knocked out of the Fantasy finals race on the weekend, two now have the week off and wait to see who they take on from this weekend's do-or-die semi-finals. Almost every week coaches are faced with new challenges. Joel Selwood has been a highly sought after player in the last few weeks since dipping below $500,000. 64 per cent of the top 250 coaches own Geelong's skipper and will be faced with a forced trade this week. Unfortunately for Selwood owners, his price is $466,000 and it...
Aug 07, 2017•48 min•Season 4Ep. 50
AFL Fantasy gurus, The Traders, take to the airwaves each week as the teams drop. Join Warnie, Calvin and Roy on AFL.com.au and the official AFL Live app for an hour of LIVE radio as they watch the teams land, and give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy squad. Every Thursday until round 23, the boys are joined by special guests and talk through all the big Fantasy issues of the week. This week they'll be joined by Brisbane Lions youngster Alex Witherden, who has made savvy coac...
Aug 03, 2017•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 49
Fantasy coaches are reeling from the news that Patrick Dangerfield has been offered a one-week suspension from the Match Review Panel. The second most selected player in Fantasy Classic was cited for his rough conduct on Matthew Kreuzer on Saturday night. If he accepts the one-match ban with an early plea, down from two weeks, 56 per cent of coaches will be making a big call this week on what to do with the Brownlow Medallist. The Fantasy finals work in the same way that the AFL ones do. The top...
Jul 31, 2017•53 min•Season 4Ep. 48
IT'S THE last round before AFL Fantasy finals and The Traders are taking to the airwaves as the round 19 teams drop. Join Warnie, Calvin and Roy on AFL.com.au and the official AFL Live app for an hour of LIVE radio as they watch the teams land, and give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy squad. Every Thursday until round 23, the boys are joined by special guests and talk through all the big Fantasy issues of the week. On this week's show: - The boys get a sneak preview of some ...
Jul 27, 2017•59 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Fantasy footy can be a guessing game. You can use the past to help you make decisions on what will happen in the future, but we don't always have a crystal ball to predict what will happen this week or a few weeks down the track. That hasn't stopped Roy putting together his best 22 for the last few rounds. The coach of destROY has looked at the top players per position and has made a call on who have been the best of late and who is likely to keep it going for the remaining five rounds. In defen...
Jul 24, 2017•53 min•Season 4Ep. 47
There's just two rounds left until AFL Fantasy finals and The Traders are taking to the airwaves as the round 18 teams drop. For the first time, you can join Warnie, Calvin and Roy on AFL.com.au and the official AFL Live app for an hour of LIVE radio as they watch the teams land, and give the first tips on what it all means for your Fantasy squad. Every Thursday until round 23, the boys will be joined by special guests and talk through all the big Fantasy issues of the week. On this week's show:...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 46
The third and final round of dual position adjustments rolled out on Sunday evening. A group of 15 players holding a single position status were awarded a secondary position based on a changed role in their team in recent weeks. Champion Data, the official stats gurus of the AFL, keep tabs on every player in every game and have highlighted those who are playing in a different position to their initial Fantasy position allocated. Fantasy coaches find most value in players who are originally liste...
Jul 17, 2017•53 min•Season 4Ep. 45
On Monday, Hawthorn veteran Luke Hodge announced his retirement from AFL. He will play out the last seven rounds. This weekend's match against the Cats will be Hodge's 300th in what has been a career full of amazing highs. Four flags, a couple of Norm Smith Medals, multiple All-Australian nods and most importantly, a Fantasy footy staple of our sides for more than a decade. The former Hawthorn skipper has a career high of 159 Fantasy points scored against the Western Bulldogs in 2015. That same ...
Jul 10, 2017•52 min•Season 4Ep. 44
The advice last week was to avoid picking 19-year-old Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy despite an impressive 80 point game on debut. The issue, Aaron Sandilands would be back. Those ideas have now changed. A season ending hamstring injury to Aaron Sandilands and 114 Fantasy points thanks to 33 hitouts, 16 disposals, 7 tackles and a goal has made Darcy hot property this week. Darcy was taken at pick 38 in the 2016 National Draft and has been impressive in the WAFL averaging 29 hitouts and 77 Fantasy ...
Jul 03, 2017•43 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Last round was something incredible. Maybe we should have seen it coming on Thursday night. There were a few headaches at team selection with Suns Aaron Hall (hamstring) and Michael Barlow (leg) out as well as Matthew Scharenberg and David Myers being omitted. Then the Hawks causing an upset over the Crows. Friday came around and the term 'carnage' got a new definition. First it was Gary Ablett putting out of his 300th with a calf injury and his team mate Kade Kolodjashnij was withdrawn from Sun...
Jun 26, 2017•52 min•Season 4Ep. 42
The bye rounds are in the rear vision mirror, but the road ahead isn't clear. The most traded in player last week will be the most traded out for round 14 as Geelong's Scott Selwood's hamstring injury sees him ruled out of Sunday's game against Fremantle. Up until the third quarter last Thursday night, "Scooter" was putting his hand up as the best mid-season mid-priced pick up of the year. On Saturday night, Michael Barlow broke his left fibula and the subsequent surgery will mean he has played ...
Jun 19, 2017•50 min•Season 4Ep. 41
The final siren of the Dees v Pies game has just blown and we're straight into the studio talking Fantasy. Round 12 wasn't too bad from a coaches perspective with some decent scores coming out of our best 18. But we come up to round 13 where plenty of our stars are missing. The highest averaging player in the competition, Tom Mitchell, is joined by Zach Merrett, Taylor Adams, Josh Kelly, Adam Treloar, Scott Pendlebury and Rory Sloane as guys going at over 110 per game while there are a few popul...
Jun 12, 2017•52 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Every six rounds, the team at Champion Data run the numbers and award a group of players dual position status. They take into account where they line up on the ground, which parts of the ground they get their disposals and their role in the team. If this is significantly different to the single position they are already assigned, they add the new one and become DPPs (dual position players). Having DPPs in your squad allows extra flexibility in your line up and can help you out when trading. Duri...
Jun 05, 2017•59 min•Season 4Ep. 40
They strike fear into Fantasy coaches across the land. The multi-bye rounds are here and they're ready to wreak havoc on our teams. This weekend we experience the first of the multi-bye rounds. The MBRs - the shortened acronym means for more time to plan or panic - is the block of three rounds when up to six teams have a rest for a week. For most head-to-head leagues, like the players, you will get a rest as match ups are on hold and will resume in round 14. Coaches playing through these or aimi...
May 29, 2017•53 min•Season 4Ep. 38
It's an honour that has only been bestowed upon two before him. Being crowned a "Pig" is not at all derogatory, it is a term of endearment from Fantasy coaches for players who go above and beyond. Those who greedily feast to bring their owners huge scores. Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell joins Dane Swan and Tom Rockliff in the Sty, a section of the hall-of-fame that houses those who produce incredible Fantasy feats. The two current Pigs, Swan and Rockliff, have been household names in the community and ...
May 22, 2017•47 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Watching the Fantasy Pig Tom Rockliff go about his business at University of Tasmania Stadium on Saturday afternoon pleased The Traders. That was until the last three minutes of the game. 'Rocky' dislocated his shoulder after racking up an impressive 130 Fantasy points. While the results of his scans are yet to be known, it would be safe to assume he will miss this week and not out of the question that he misses the following week before the Lions' bye. Sadly it looks like he needs to be traded....
May 15, 2017•51 min•Season 4Ep. 36
We are around a third of the way through the season and things start to get challenging. Yes, they may have already have been challenging so far this season with injuries, suspensions and players being managed, but there is more to come. Gold Coast and Port Adelaide face off in China as they play for premiership points for the first time outside of Australia and New Zealand. What scores can we expect from our Fantasy players in Shanghai? Will the long flight hinder the numbers of our stars? The ...
May 08, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 35
The Crows are flying, sitting at the top of the ladder at 6-0 and midfielder Rory Sloane (MID, $720,000) is leading the way as the top scoring Fantasy player in the competition. A fracture of Sloane's eye socket interrupted his pre-season limiting his ownership. Even some coaches who started with him when named in round one decided that 68 wasn't good enough and traded him out. Since then, Sloane has scored 152, 139, 143, 132 and most recently, 155. The five round average of 144.2 is a true indi...
May 01, 2017•52 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Every six rounds, the number crunchers at Champion Data work with the team at Fantasy HQ to adjust positions of players to reflect their roles in 2017. Where they line up, gather possessions and their heat maps all go into the mix to award players with dual position status ahead of round six, 12 and 18. In the first round of changes, 24 players have had a position added. Robbie Gray has regained the MID/FWD status that he has held across most of his years. Mitch Robinson and Michael Barlow are o...
Apr 25, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 33
It was a round where things started evening out. Some of the players that exceeded expectations early on gave their coaches a reality check. One man who is consistently getting the job done for his coaches is Marc Murphy. Carlton's skipper started at $482,000 and after four rounds is now worth well over $600,000. Murphy is the highest averaging AFL Fantasy player following scores of 139, 125, 145 and 124. While there has been a fast start to the year from our premiums, Murphy is the only player ...
Apr 17, 2017•51 min•Season 4Ep. 32
A long term injury isn't something that any footy fan likes to see, especially Fantasy coaches. Max Gawn (RUC, $588,000) is set to spend the better part of the next three months on the sidelines following surgery on his injured hamstring. Melbourne's ruckman went down in the second quarter on 32 Fantasy points, meaning the most expensive ruckman at the start of the season dropped $46,000 in value this week. The main talking point on this week's episode of the Official AFL Fantasy Podcast with Th...
Apr 10, 2017•51 min•Season 4Ep. 31
TWO ROUNDS in and AFL Fantasy coaches are starting to get an idea of what's working and what's not. Cash cows are the backbone of your Fantasy Classic side. The cheap players are how you are able to generate the coin to upgrade players in your squad so you can get as many premiums in when it comes to the finals in the last four rounds of the year. If you don't think you have the best cash cows in your team at the moment, you need to make them a priority with your two trades this week. Roy, Calvi...
Apr 03, 2017•52 min•Season 4Ep. 30
