NAB Cup - West Coast vs. Essendon

West Coast

2 LeCras, Mark, 4 Kerr, Daniel, 5 Ebert, Brad, 6 Nicoski, Mark, 7 Masten, Chris, 9 Naitanui, Nic, 10 Selwood, Scott, 11 Priddis, Matt, 12 Sheppard, Brad, 13 Shuey, Luke, 17 Kennedy, Josh, 18 Dalziell, Bradd, 21 Lynch, Quinten, 23 Glass, Darren, 24 Rosa, Matt, 25 Hurn, Shannon, 26 Butler, Sam, 27 McKinley, Ben, 28 Smith, Ashley, 29 Hansen, Ashley, 31 Schofield, Will, 32 Embley, Andrew, 33 Jones, Jordan, 34 Notte, Tony, 37 Selwood, Adam, 38 Jones, Brett, 40 Sullivan, Will, 42 Wilkes, Beau, 47 Stevenson, Lewis

Watch out for:
Brad Sheppard, he gets a chance to audition for Wirrpanda's spot, where there are plenty of fantasy points available. Hurn, Butler, Dalziell and S Selwood are some of the other options the Eagles have for that spot.

Notte and Sullivan could be players for fantasy teams in a year or two, or much sooner if injuries hit the Eagles, so watch them and see how they have progressed and if they are stronger.

Lynch, Hansen and Kennedy has not worked for the Eagles, so see which players come out ahead for stats. Lynch at full forward and Josh Kennedy at centre half forward seems likely for the regular season, with Naitanui also providing some height there when not in the ruck. Also see what Naitanui produces for stats, especially if he can get some contested marks up forward which would really boost his SuperCoach scoring ability, as he is probably a solid fantasy ruck option even as Dean Cox's backup.


Essendon

2. Dyson, Ricky, 4. Watson, Jobe, 6. Monfries, Angus, 7. Jetta, Leroy, 8. Winderlich, Jason, 9. Prismall, Brent, 10. McVeigh, Mark, 11. Zaharakis, David, 12. Welsh, Andrew, 14. Lonergan, Sam, 16. Pears, Tayte, 20. Slattery, Henry, 25. Still, Michael, 26. Hooker, Cale, 28. Daniher, Darcy, 29. Davey, Alwyn, 31. Fletcher, Dustin, 32. Colyer, Travis, 33. Williams, Mark, 34. Hardingham, Kyle, 37. Reimers, Kyle, 38. Atkinson, Jarrod, 39. Hocking, Heath, 42. Lovett-Murray, Nathan, 43. Houli, Bachar, 44. Bellchambers, Tom, 46. Bock, Christian

Watch out for:

Mark Williams arrives and will be asked to replace some of the goals they lost with the departures of Lucas, Lloyd, Lovett, Skipworth and others.

Also look out for Still as he gets a chance and hasn't managed to break into the side yet. Could be a bargain.

See if Monfries can get into the midfield, while still producing some goals up forward. If he can increase his possessions, it will obviously mean more fantasy points, and that he is at a good price to sign right now. Monfries always gets a lot of free kicks, and gives away few, see if this looks like continuing as it does help with the fantasy scores.

Don't worry too much about the backup ruckmen for the Bombers, Hille should have that position for the regular season. It would have been interesting to see where Ryder played for this game to see if in the regular season he would be sharing the ruck with  Hille but he is not playing due to his first child being born!

Its a shame Melksham is sick it would have been great to see the first round draft pick in action but his absence will give another player an opportunity.

My tip for the out come of the match is Essendon but not by a lot I think it will be a tight match with a lot of mistakes by both teams. It will be a great opportunity to see the young talent for both teams.