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Trade Review | Darcy Tucker


Career High SuperCoach Score: 119 Vs North Melbourne (2019)

Career High AFLFantasy Score: 111 Vs Gold Coast (2021)

Career High SuperCoach Average: 73.2 (2019)

Career High AFLFantasy Average: 72.4 (2019)

Impact on new club

You can look at the recruitment of Darcy Tucker in multiple ways. One is the slightly more optimistic approach. By adding Tucker to the list, they get themselves a proven midfielder who, at 25 years of age, adds some immediate experience to a very young midfielder core. Beyond Ben Cunnington, the likes of Simpkin, Phillips, Powell & Davies-Uniacke are all under 25.

More pessimistically, you can see Tucker as a player that, while helpful for now, will slow down the development opportunities of more young talent that might have greater long-term upside.

I’m closer to being a pessimist in this scenario. For Tucker to even consider a trade out of Fremantle, it must have been on the promise that the midfield/wing spot is ‘his to lose.’ I don’t mind Darcy as a depth option, but I don’t believe North would ideally want him in their best lineup.

Impact on the old club

Over the past few years, Darcy Tucker has faded into being a depth option on the Fremantle list. So they were happy to let him slide into North Melbourne as part of the Griffin Logue trade.

The Dockers still have yet to hand a debut to Matthew Johnson, while they’ll want to keep getting more game time into Nathan O’Driscoll.

So while his departure might thin out some experience from within their depth, it would significantly impact the Dockers finals aspirations.

Fantasy Summary

A combination of injuries and other talent going past him meant he’s played just 38 games over the past three seasons. In 2022, he played 14 games but was used as a medical substitute in three of those.

He didn’t deliver any scores worth highlighting this year, but in round 13 against the Suns in 2021, he scored 111 in AFLFantasy/DreamTeam and 95 in SuperCoach. So, while good scores are rare for him, they are, at the very least, a possibility.

Last year, Tucker was listed as a DEF/MID and will likely enter the year with similar positional status. If that holds for this DPP AND he receives a discount on his average in the low 40s, we could see Darcy priced marginally above the cash cow range in SuperCoach & DreamTeam.

His relevance will largely be determined by more than just these factors of position and price. But also on the scarcity of viable options with job security in his line and whether or not we have comparable value with greater upside in another line.

Based on these elements, Darcy will become either a valuable commodity to keep an eye on or he’ll become an option not worth considering.

AFLFantasy | Possible DPP Additions | Round 18

Before round 6, 12 and 18, the gang at AFLFantasy team up with Champion Data to add some new DPP into the game. After round 5, the first list of names and positions will be released. Historically, AFLFantasy has said that players need a minimum of 35% to be considered for a new allocation in a new position. So let’s see which players are locks, close or no chance of getting DPP.

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Darcy Tucker | ADD DEFENDER

With just one game over 80 (111) all season, many would be forgiven for looking past Darcy Tucker. And in classic, I totally advocate for it. In a draft, depending on how deep your league is Tucker could be a handy in. Darcy’s spending an increasing amount of time off the wings and across half back. It’s not a highly relevant gain, but its a fair one.

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Jordan De Goey | ADD MIDFIELD

The preseason role of Jordan De Goey has finally started to be seen! For those who started him and held your patience is finally being rewarded. For those looking to jump onto a value forward capable of going 90 for the next seven weeks ‘JDG5’ has shown his potential in the past month. With 3 tons in his last 4, he’s proving to be a popular ‘trade in’ for many. The reason for the scoring spike is the exact same reason he’ll pick up Midfield status, he’s playing almost exclusively in that role.

Jake Stringer | ADD MIDFIELD

I could probably ‘copy & paste’ the reasoning from Degoey for Jake Stringer. Over the last month or so his club has upped his centre bounce attendance. Clearly, Ben Rutten loves his centre clearance work and burst from stoppage. More often than not, Stringer then pushes forward and allows another Bomber into the midfield mix. Like any midfield addition, it is only versatility to awards you rather than a scoring relevance boost.

Tristan Xerri | ADD RUCK

For the 1.4% of owners (which I am one of), this likely gain will come as a small boost to go with his 34 weekly points. At the very least he’ll provide a small pulse for coaches running with no ruck cover.

Luke Jackson | ADD RUCK

Over the past few weeks, the Demons have started to equalise the ruck usage between Max Gawn and Luke Jackson. Just last week they had an even split of ruck contests attended. As a result, his RUC/FWD gain should be a simple formality for the gatekeepers of AFLFantasy. He’s not classic relevant, but in deeper draft leagues especially if you have two rucks on field this could be a huge boost for owners.

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Mitch Duncan | ADD FORWARD

OK, at first, it feels like a stretch. And to some extent, I agree but hear me out. On Wednesday morning, SuperFooty released a forecast of potential names that may be DPP’s in 2022 for SuperCoach. Now, if you don’t play SC, that’s fine, but it’s still relevant. AFLFantasy, along with SuperCoach and DreamTeam, all take their initial squad allocations from Champion Data. So they were cited as a reference point in this article where (you guessed it) Mitch Duncan was listed as a MID/FWD.

If he’s passed CD’s threshold to be an option in 2022, then he’s certainly a consideration to be a huge acquisition in this final batch of DPP’s.