Koel Kings

Koel Kings: Round 16

Welcome to another Koel Kings, and we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selected in their teams and why.

Bakas: VC – the Pies will be fired up after last week and I expect Grundy to lead the charge with another dominant performance C – Macrae has been hitting top gear in recent weeks and should be a safe back up especially at Marvel

Troy: VC: Grundy should have a field day against Hawks. C: Macrae’s CBA numbers have been big recently so I’m counting on that to continue.

Russ: Grundy will enjoy a slow Hawks outfit and will come out guns blazing…130+ C: Kelly will enjoy Whitfield back and will be free to play his own game..140+

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Bakas: VC – Treloar just keeps racking them up and could be set to go on a big run home especially with Beams not there. C – Macrae has been hitting top gear in recent weeks and should be a safe back up especially at Marvel

Troy: VC: Treloar should score well against Hawthorn who are playing like the cue’s in the rack. C: Macrae again just like in SuperCoach.

Russ: VC: Grundy here again will enjoy gathering possessions left right and center .125+ C: Dunkley will just rack it up with no tag.. 130+

Koel Kings: Round 14

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Bakas: Running with the ruck duo. VC – Gawn against Darcy appears to be a no brainer. C – Grundy the back up even with an injury cloud

Russ: Neale will bounce back and come out guns blazing…130+ C: Grundy will own English..140+

Troy: VC: Going with Gawn who has the early Saturday game. C: Grundy meets a young Tim English and should score well if he’s fit.

Bakas: VC – Gawn again keep in mind he’s had a week off C – Macrae bounced back to form last weekend so hoping he continues that

Russ: VC: Neale, here again, will enjoy gathering possessions left right and centre .125+ C: Dunkley will just rack it up with no tag.. 130+

Troy: VC: Passing on Thursday’s game and going with Lloyd Friday night. C: Macrae scored 140 last week, let’s see if he can back it up.

Koel Kings: Round 13

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Russ: Fyfe with a weeks rest will come out guns blazing…130+ If not my captain will be Cripps and will have fun with Libba hanging off him..140+

Troy: VC: Thursday night loophole with Sloane getting first crack at the armband. C: Going with J Kelly to have the ball on a string.

Colin: VC – With the lack of options due to the set up of my team, will be hoping Cripps delivers again. C – Putting the faith in Cogs if required

Russ: VC: Caleb Daniel will rack them up against the Blues..125+. If he misses the maker then the C will be on J. Kelly. Hopefully, he will just rack it up with no tag and go 130+.

Troy: VC: Merrett is my man Friday night to hopefully put up something decent. C: New coach new Crippa? If Merrett fails I’ll be hoping for a repeat effort.

Colin: VC – New recruit Merrett against the Hawks C – Macrae to find some form and have a big one against the Blues

Koel Kings: Round 11

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Rainman: VC on Whitfield again, he should cut up the Suns with ease. If needed I’ll roll the captaincy onto Gawn as should dominate Adelaide’s O’Brien.

Russ: VC – Expecting the Giants to way to good for the Sun very Kelly to continue his awesome form: 130+ C – Gawn will enjoy a hit up against a young ruckman from the crows: 135+

Troy: VC: Grundy is my VC of choice this season and rolling with him again this week. C: Big Maxy should be safe again should Grundy fail.

Bakas: VC – Grundy has cemented his status as perma VC/C. Could be a monster score against Lobb this week. C – Gawn the back up if required with a 3 round average of 134

Rainman: VC on Lachie Whitfield, he should be gigantic against the suns, I’m hoping 150. If that fails I’ll place the C on Gaff at home against the Dogs.

Russ: VC – Whitefield will just rack up positions against the Suns: 125+ C – Gaff will get leather poisoning against the Dogs: 135+

Troy: VC: Sticking with Grundy again here. C: Merrett meets Blues who should let him run amok as both teams have put the cue in the rack.

Bakas: VC – Grundy again with a 3 round average of 150. C – Neale to bounce back after a quiet patch

Koel Kings: Round 8

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Bakas: VC – Lloyd to kick start the weekend at home against the Bombers C – Cripps to rise to the challenge of taking on the Magpies much vaunted midfield

Russ: VC: Macrae’s week to shine 130+ C: Fyfe back to back 130+

Rob: VC Big Maxy didn’t disappoint last week and should have a good game v the suns C Fyfe is life… Great form and see that continuing

Troy: Same players for both formats this week, running with Cripps for the early Saturday game, smashed the Pies late last year for a 146DT and 187SC. If he fails I’ll be looking at Boak that night with Wines out injured.

Bakas: VC – Grundy against the Blues C – The ever consistent M Crouch as back up if required

Russ: VC: Grundy will should light it up 125+ C: Fyfe for life again 130+

Rob: VC Macrae against bris who he has a great record against C: Gaff.. hit his straps last week and thinking he goes well v the saints

Troy: Same players for both formats this week, running with Cripps for the early Saturday game, smashed the Pies late last year for a 146DT and 187SC. If he fails I’ll be looking at Boak that night with Wines out injured.

Koel Kings: Round 7

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Troy: VC: Grundy again, with more confidence in this format. C: Looking for a Macrae bounceback against a Tigers outfit that allows fantasy points against them.

Rob: VC Boak in his 250th, red hot form and is a big occasion player, not worried about the greenwood tag, can see him going well against the pies C Maxy v McEvoy… get Captains done and dusted early this round and live with the consequences

Dave: Max Gawn will be my VC this week into C Patrick Cripps.

Bakas: VC – Expecting the Dees to bounce back and Maxy to play a big part in that C – Cripps to go large in a big opportunity to post a win against the struggling Kangas.

Russ: VC: Neale I feel will kill it 130+ C: Cripps will bounce back 130+

Troy: VC: Pies lead off the round so Grundy will be VC this week. C: Cogs will get the C assuming he plays. He’s good enough to work through a Hewitt tag if it comes to pass.

Rob: VC on Big Maxy against Big Boy, in good form, no Pruess again and a good record against the hawks C Andrew Gaff v the Suns should be very good, feel like he is starting to warm into the season and looks set for a big one

Dave: This week VC will be Travis Boak into C Matt Crouch.

Bakas: VC – Expecting the Dees to bounce back and Maxy to play a big part in that C – Cripps to go large in a big opportunity to post a win against the struggling Kangas.

Russ: VC: Neale will go off like a cracker jack 125+ C: Fyfe will do his best sexy for the year 140+

Koel Kings: Round 6

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Rainman: VC: Gawn normally monsters Nank so worth the punt on Wednesday night C: Lloyd hasn’t put a foot wrong and I am not concerned that any attention may come to him

Troy: VC: Gawn will be VC to put some interest in what could be a boring game. C: The Suns allowed 7 players to crack the tonne last week, looking for a Lachie Neale bounce-back.

Dave: This week Adam Treloar steps up to the VC plate with Jake Lloyd waiting in the Captains wings.

Russ: VC: Neale will kill the Suns 125+ C: Fyfe will be better again with another game under his belt 140+

Bakas: VC – Whitfield to bounce back after a relatively quiet game which still netted 104 points. C – Cripps gets the big C, let’s hope he kicks a bit more after racking up 32 handballs last week.

Rainman: VC: Gawn again C: Crippa is red hot and will be very good against the Hawks in Launy.

Troy: VC: Gawn for me here again, looking for a 130 to loophole. C: If Gawn gets 129 or under, then Grundy will be the man, hoping for a repeat of 155 vs Bellchambers last year.

Dave: Going with Gawn as my VC into Cripps as Captain if needed.

Russ: VC: Neal will bounce back 130+ C: Cripps will kill a you g Hawks mid 140+

Bakas: VC – Grundy on the big stage gets first crack C – Sticking with Cripps again who was on track for a big one last week but faded in the last quarter.

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Koel Kings: Round 5 Captains

Welcome to another Koel Kings we can talk weekly captaincy options. The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is we won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining who our previous Nobel Koel winners will be selecting in their teams and why.

Rainman: VC Lachie Whitfield should continue his Rich vein of form. Captain Jackson Macrae should do well against the blues expecting 120 plus

Bakas: VC – Stef Martin is a different proposition to Tim English but backing Brodie Grundy to have another big game. Captain enter the in form Lachie Whitfield to have a day out against a side that defenders have scored big this season.

Dave: Locking in my new mid Lachie Neale as my VC this week and thinking with the blow torch on the Crows this week Matt Crouch should bounce back as my C in waiting.

Russ: VC – Treloar will bounce back and go 120+.
C – Macrae will go huge up against the young Blues 130+

Troy: VC – Hoping Grundy backs up a big score like last week. C – Choosing Danger here, loves the big stage versus the Hawks.

Rainman: Backing Clayton Oliver to turn it around against the saints so he gets the VC. Patrick Cripps is a beauty and hard to go past as SC captain if needed.

Bakas: VC – Can’t see anyone from Freo being able to run with him so Lachie Whitfield gets the first crack. C – The unstoppable beast that is Patrick Cripps to save the day again if required after last week’s debacle of forgetting to set the VC on Grundy.

Dave: Locking in Brodie Grundy as my VC this week after his monster last week and having the Crippsonator with the Captain’s role if needed.

Russ: VC – Neale is dominating and no tag from Levi 130+.
C – Cripps the beast will just pump out a lousy 140+

Troy: VC – Lachie Neale is dominating and scores higher in this format. C – Danger again, scored 130 & 160 last season.

Koel Kings: Captains Round 4

In season 2019 we thought we’d approach our weekly captaincy articles from a different perspective. Rather than just giving a ‘top 5’ for the formats and explaining reasoning (which we have done previously) we decided to have all past winners (and the person the competition was inspired by of the Nobel Koel (our coach of the year award) to share with you a captaincy and vice-captaincy option for each week.

The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is they won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining given the players they have available who’ll they will be selecting and why!

Rainman:
VC Macrae hasn’t left off from last year so think he goes well again.
C Matty Crouch should be good against the Roos and gets the armband

Dave:
Going with Treloar as my VC this week again who could go large on Friday night. Having Danger in the wings as the go-to C if needed.

Russ:
VC: Treloar can go big against the Dogs. He will bounce back nicely this week. 125+ C: Neal won’t slow down so he’s my pick. 130+

Bakas:
VC – A solid 129 last week sees Brayshaw get the gig again. Hewett likely to go to Oliver so won’t have to worry about a tag. C – Can’t go past the red hot form of Whitfield averaging 134 so far. I expected him to have some extra attention paid to him last week so it’ll only be a matter of time.
C – Can’t go past the red hot form of Whitfield averaging 134 so far. I expected him to have some extra attention paid to him last week so it’ll only be a matter of time.

Troy:
VC: I think Brayshaw can go big against the Swans. He a possession machine. C: Danger has a great record vs GWS so he’s my pick.

Rainman:
VC Macrae again for all the reasons above C My man crush Cripps is in full beast mode and that should continue against the Suns

Dave:
Grundy is my VC man this week in SuperCoach with Danger as the backup Captain.

Russ:
VC: Grundy will go huge against English and with Fyfe most likely an out he will be my zero for the week. 140+
C: Neal again here, love having this guy in. 135+

Bakas:
VC – Grundy coming against English will be a popular choice for the VC this week.
C – Boring but Danger at home against the Giants With Tim Kelly in doubt, Danger will be even more pivotal in the centre square.

Troy:
VC: I think Grundy will do well against English and could bring Paddy Bines in for another armband.
C: Danger might have to step in if Grundy fails.

Koel Kings: Captains Round 3

In season 2019 we thought we’d approach our weekly captaincy articles from a different perspective. Rather than just giving a ‘top 5’ for the formats and explaining reasoning (which we have done previously) we decided to have all past winners (and the person the competition was inspired by of the Nobel Koel (our coach of the year award) to share with you a captaincy and vice-captaincy option for each week.

The difference with this year’s captaincy advice is they won’t be telling you who is the best captain selections overall or even ranking them, but instead explaining given the players they have available who’ll they will be selecting and why!

Troy:
VC: Danger averages almost 150 versus the Crows in his last three. Would take a repeat of that in a heartbeat.

C: Max Gawn scored 168 against the Bombers last year. Paddy Bines plays after Melbourne so can be given the armband if needed.

Dave:
The danger to take on the Crows into Macrae.

Rob:
Danger VC against his old side, red hit form and great record and again will go Macrae as the Captain

Russ:
VC: Oliver up against the Bombers I feel will go large 120+. C: The Pies are flying, that is why I feel Treloar will be your man with a score of 125+.

Bakas:
VC – Danger back to his best last week and coming up against his former side is the obvious choice for the VC. C – Will back Fyfe once again who will have a point to prove after copping some flack from the media this week.

Troy:
VC: Danger averages just over 130 against his former team in his last three. Another one of those and the loophole is deployed.

C: The Pies scored 2127 total fantasy points against the Tigers last week, GWS get their turn this round so let’s chase those points and give Cogs a chance to redeem himself.

Dave:
Going with Matt Crouch to be the Thursday night accumulator into Adam Treloar

Rob:
Defenders against Richmond have dominated in the first 2 weeks, so with that in mind going a little different and giving Whitfield the VC into Macrae

Russ:
VC: Danger up against his old side who loves to play against, this week 120+. C: Its time for Cripps to go large. This week I feel he will go 135+.

Bakas:
VC – A fired up dees outfit will be determined to get their season back on track. Backing Brayshaw to have a night out against the struggling bombers. C – Cogs gets a chance to redeem himself after burning many coaches including myself. Some attention may be taken off him with Whitfield’s good form.