Talking Fantasy - AFL: Recent Episodes
Chris Slater
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 18 including
- Round 17 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Tim Kelly and Tom Liberatore as Studs. Lachie Neale and Bachar Houli underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 18 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Brodie Grundy over Zac Merrett as a captain option As a midfielder option, Chris is going with Dylan Shiel to outperform Cam Guthrie
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 17 including
- Round 16 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Sam Walsh and Chad Wingard as Studs. Michael Hurley and David Swallow underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 17 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Josh Dunkley over Marcus Bontempelli as a captain option. As a midfielder option, Chris is going with Brad Crouch to outperform Jed Anderson
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 16 including:
- Round 15 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Dylan Shiel and Blake Acres as Studs. Patrick Cripps and Dustin Martin underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 16 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Kyle Langford over Michael Walters as a forward option. As a midfielder option, Chris is going with Patrick Cripps to outperform Jed Anderson
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 15 including:
- Round 14 Review - with the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Ed Curnow and Liam Duggan as Studs. Todd Goldstein and Taylor Adams underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 15 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Marc Pittonet over Shane Mumford as a ruck option. As a forward option, Chris is going with Jake Riccardi to keep up his great form and outperform Jamie Elliott
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 14 including:
- Round 13 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Cam Guthrie and Shai Bolton as Studs. Bachar Houli and Lachie Neale underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 14 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Jed Anderson over Andrew Gaff as a captain. As a ruck option, Chris is going with Tim English over Scott Lycett
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 13 including:
- Round 12 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Jack Lukosis and Marcus Bontempelli as Studs. Nick Haynes and Michael Walters underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 13 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Jed Anderson over Steven Coniglio. As a defender option, Chris is going with Hamish Hartlett over Mark Blicavs
In this week's Talking Fantasy - Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss AFL Fantasy considerations ahead of Round 12 including:
- Round 11 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Darcy Parish and Ollie Wines as Studs. Devon Smith and Todd Goldstein underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 12 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Zach Merrett over Mitch Duncan as a captain choice. As a midfield option, Chris is going with Ed Curnow over Jed Anderson
On this week's show, Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss the following topics to help you with your AFL Fantasy team:
- Round 10 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Tom Rockliff and Zac Butters as Studs. Kane Lambert and Travis Boak underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 11 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Taylor Adams over Zach Merrett as a captain choice. As a ruck option, Chris is going with Peter Ladhams over Scott Lycett
On this week's episode, Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss the following AFL Fantasy issues:
- Round 9 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds. Including Jed Anderson and Aaron Hall as Studs. Andrew Gaff and Hugh Greenwood underperformed as Duds
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 10 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Josh Dunkley over Jake Lloyd as a captain choice. As a forward option, Chris is going with Tom Hawkins over Ben Keays
On this episode's podcast, Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss:
- Round 8 Review – including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - Including Zach Merrett and Andrew Brayshaw as Studs. Patrick Dangerfield and Jeremy Cameron underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses if its time to add Ben Keays
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris’ Round 9 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. George is taking Tim Kelly over Steven Coniglio. As a ruck option, Chris is going with Rory Lobb over Paddy Ryder
In this week's episode Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss:
- Round 7 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - Including Shaun Higgins and Tim English as Studs. Brodie Smith and Rowan Marshall underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses if its time to get rid of Hunter Clark
- Round 8 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 8 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench - Start your Essendon forwards including Darcy Parish and David Zaharakis
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 8 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. In the discussion, George is taking Hugh Greenwood as captain on the back of his great form. In contrast, Chris is going with old reliable Brodie Grundy as his top captain choice this week
In this week's Talking Fantasy podcast, Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss:
- Round 6 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - Including Lachie Hunter and Kane Lambert as Studs. Dustin Martin and Shannon Hurn underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses if its time to get rid of Justin Westhoff
- Round 7 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 7 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench- Start Stef Martin
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 7 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. In the discussion, George is taking Max Gawn over Brodie Grundy as captain, despite a harder match-up. In contrast, Chris thinks Rowan Marshall will beat Tim English
In this week's Talking Fantasy podcast, Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss:
- Round 5 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - Including Dom Sheed and Tim English as Studs and James Sicily and Justin Westhoff underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses if its time to get rid of Darcy Parish and Sam Jacobs
- Round 6 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 6 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench . Start all your West Coast midfielders
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 6 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. In the discussion, George is taking Sam Menegola over Dom Sheed in the midfield, despite a harder match-up. In contrast, Chris thinks Jade Gresham will beat Dan Butler as the better Saints' forward option in fantasy this week
Topics discussed in this week's episode include:
- Favourite non-fantasy AFL topic of the week.
- Round 4 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - Including Levi Casboult and Tim English as Studs; Steven Coniglio and Luke Ryan underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses Charlie Dixon and Jasper Pittard as potential Free Agent adds
- Round 5 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 5 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench - Start Trent Cotchin and Jonathan Ceglar
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 5 Weekly Fantasy Rankings.. In the discussion, George is taking Andrew Gaff over Tom Mitchell as a potential captain. In contrast, Chris thinks Stefan Martin is a better option than Sam Jacobs in the ruck if they both play this week
Topics discussed in this week's episode include:
- Round 3 Review - including the *Fantasy Studs and Duds
-* Including Jy Simpkin and Matt Rowell as Studs
- Luke Shuey and Sam Jacobs underperformed as Duds
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Player Snake and Ladders discusses who will be the best long-term player to own
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Is it time to pick up Trent Cotchin for Sam Walsh?
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Round 4 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 4 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench
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Eagles midfielders have a tough match-up against the Power
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The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 4 Weekly Fantasy Rankings.
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In the discussion, George's top captain choice is Lachie Neale
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In contrast, Chris thinks Brodie Grundy is the top captain pick of Round 4 with a great match-up against GWS
On this week's Talking Fantasy AFL Podcast (presented by AFLfantasyexpert.com.au), Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss top considerations for your AFL Fantasy Draft team for Round 3.
Topics discussed include:
- Favourite non-fantasy AFL topic of the week.
- Round 2 Review - including the Fantasy Studs and Duds - where Hunter Clark and Matt Rowell are Studs and a couple of GWS players underperformed as Duds
- Player Snake and Ladders discusses who will be the best long-term player to own - is it time to trade in Rory Sloane for Marcus Bontempelli?
- Round 3 Start or Sit discusses who has a good and bad match-up in Round 3 and therefore should be starting or sitting on your bench - GWS midfielders could be in for a big game including Callan Ward
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris' Round 3 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. In the discussion, George is particularly high on Taylor Adams to keep up his 2020 form. In contrast, Chris thinks Brad Crouch will benefit from a great match-up and a potential Rory Sloane-less Adelaide midfield
On the Talking Fantasy AFL Podcast (presented by AFLfantasyexpert.com.au), Chris Slater and George Stavrakis discuss top considerations for your AFL Fantasy Draft team for Round 2.
Topics discussed include:
- Favourite non-fantasy AFL topics of the week.
- Preview of each of the Round 2 games, including key fantasy injuries and players to add, bench or drop. Including, don’t start Jaidyn Stephenson and Adam Treloar for the Thursday night game. Also, who will step-up due to the Lance Franklin injury.
- The Great Rankings Debate where George provides some alternate views to Chris’ Round 2 Weekly Fantasy Rankings. In the discussion, George is particularly high on Tom Rockliff this week given his performances in Showdowns in 2019. In contrast, Chris is loving the Carlton defenders’ this week including Sam Docherty, Nic Newman and Kade Simpson.