Join us as Kerm puts on his general manager cap and selects his dream team going into round 8 of the AFL! He'll have the entire player pool to choose from, which should make selecting 6 defenders, 5 midfielders, 1 ruckman, and 6 forwards weekly easy right? Well, let us know who you agree with and who else you might have selected down below on all of our social channels twitter, facebook, instagram, discord.
Defenders (DEF)
Really good all round from the defender group! Except Luke Ryan... who was a dud, a big dud! Ryan could only muster up 87 GDS fantasy points in Freo's loss to Brisbane in round 7. Unfortunately the levels are too high at the moment, 87 points is a long way below average and i'm scared of the dynamic he has with Hayden Young where it feels like only one can go off per round, Ryan's going to get some time on the pine.
Tom Stewart
Geelong Cats
Verses Adelaide Crows at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Saturday at 2:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 138 GDS fantasy points
For some reason, Tom Stewart already has 9 intercept marks tallied up despite the game not commencing for another 48 hours.
Will Day
Hawthorn Hawks
Verses Fremantle Dockers at Optus Stadium, Perth
Saturday at 7:30pm AEST
Round 7 score - 117 GDS fantasy points
Will Day has been simply incredible so far in 2023. Obviously the 2 week suspension was a bit of a kick in the guts but from a pure fantasy footy perspective, he has been unreal. With a GDS points per game average of 120 points and a scoring floor as high as anybody's in the league, he is well deserving of entering top 6 defender conversations. Day has failed to fall below triple digits so far this season, and he's doing everything possible to accumulate. Positive kick to handball ratio, loves to get dirty with a tackle and is incredible over head as well, he's a fantasy jet and there's every chance he becomes a mainstay here.
Jordan Dawson
Adelaide Crows
Verses Geelong Cats at GMBHA Stadium, Geelong
Saturday at 2:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 143 GDS fantasy points
The word "love" gets thrown around a lot but I own the 1/100 Jordan Dawson diamond card and I think I'm emotionally and affectionately bound to it....
Jack Sinclair
St Kilda Saints Verses North Melbourne Kangaroos at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Sunday at 4:40pm AEST
Round 7 score - 141 GDS fantasy points
That's the level of performance we have come to expect from Sinclair and he finally delivered with a big outing against Port Adelaide in a loss on Friday night but, this 141 score should quell the worries of Sinclair owners for a while at least! It would be unwise to question Jack Sinclair's scoring power, let's just hope he goes on with it and strings some big games together now.
James Sicily
Hawthorn Hawks Verses Fremantle Dockers at Optus Stadium, Perth Saturday at 7:30pm AEST
Round 7 score - 118 GDS fantasy points
A little bit meh from Sicily but we'll take 118 against the Doggies. Sicily faces a Freo Dockers out fit in round eight, a team where he has seen some success against in recent outings. Must start, the guy is a jet.
Nick Daicos
Collingwood Magpies
Verses Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Sunday at 3:20pm AEST
Round 7 score - 116 GDS fantasy points
Literally the best player in the game...
Midfielders (MID)
The midfielders we incredible last week which means I Can't make any changes. It'd be harsh given the lowest score in this group was 125 GDS points... It's difficult for me to leave out the likes of Christian Petracca, Andrew Brayshaw, Noah Anderson, Caleb Serong and Jack Steele at the moment, but the guys below haven't done anything wrong despite the other knocking on the door.
Rory Laird
Adelaide Crows
Verses Geelong Cats at GMBHA Stadium, Geelong
Saturday at 2:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 125 GDS fantasy points
Business as usual from the man the myth, you know you have selected well when the worst scorer in your midfield is Rory Laird with 125 GDS fantasy points. He could be a scratching this week, so it'd definitely worth monitoring his status going into Saturday.
Sam Walsh
Carlton Blues
Verses Brisbane Lions at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Friday at 7:50pm AEST
Round 7 score - 139 GDS fantasy points
I mean it's hard not to score points for Carlton right now! They are a fantasy gold mine at the moment! Carlton as a team had 10 players over 100 GDS fantasy points in what is a flood of form that they are in. And we love Walsh, do we lock him in and throw the keys away?
Darcy Parish
Essendon Bombers
Verses Port Adelaide Power at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Sunday at 1:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 138 GDS fantasy points
And bounce back he did! After his lowly ANZAC Day performance of just 105 GDS fantasy points (light for him), Parish redeemed himself with a whopping 138 GDS fantasy points in round 7! Parish is another player in this team that has gone to another level and hasn't left my actual GDS side once this year!
Clayton Oliver
Melbourne Demons
Verses Gold Coast Suns at Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast
Saturday at 4:35pm AEST
Round 7 score - 143 GDS fantasy points
Clarry meets a Gold Coast Suns side who Gill McLachlan pretty much kicked out of the league at the Tasmania 'Devils?' announcement this week (Super exciting news by the way!). "The competition historically hasn't had odd amount of teams, the league will go to either 18 or 20 teams" Gill, thank you great man for helping me save a few dollars on my Suns membership! Anyway... the league has hired Oliver to assassinate the Suns franchise so look out for a high score record here!
Tom Green
Greater Western Sydney Giants Verses Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval, Canberra Saturday at 7:30pm AEST
Round 7 score - 152 GDS fantasy points
Tom Green is legit! 152 GDS fantasy points and the scary thing is, I'm not even sure we have seen the best of him. This will be an exciting midfield matchup in Canberra as well! Green, Coniglio, Kelly, Perryman V Bontempelli, Macrae, Smith and possibly Liberatore! Exciting times.
Ruckman (RUCK)
Rowan Marshall says hi! But still... Genuine set and forget right now...
Tim English
Western Bulldogs
Verses Greater Western Sydney at Manuka Oval, Canberra
Saturday at 7:30pm AEST
Round 7 score - 109 GDS fantasy points
#1 ranked ruckman based on average
#1 ranked ruckman based on total scoring
The numbers speak for themselves
Forwards (FWD)
Up and down positional group this week with the big news being Jack Ziebell finding himself in injury doubt. He picked up an injury that took him out of the game for a period of time but he still rescued his score for 110. I'm going to replace Ziebell this week because of the injury cloud he's under but I could come to regret it! Connor Rozee is a dizzying rollercoaster but his talent means he has to stay for another week at least. Jeremy Cameron needs to stop letting Tom Hawkins kick goals again, fire up! However, he too get's another week.
Josh Dunkley
Brisbane Lions
Verses Carlton Blues at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Friday at 7:50pm AEST
Round 7 score - 129 GDS fantasy points
Dunkley still makes me upset but a little less upset than previous weeks. More of these 129 scores please and thank you sir!
Harry Sheezel
North Melbourne Kangaroos
Verses St Kilda Saints at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Sunday at 4:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 147 GDS fantasy points
The equation is simple really... if Jack Ziebell is out with injury, Sheezel is an automatic must start.
Tim Taranto
Richmond Tigers
Verses West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Saturday at 1:45pm AEST
Round 7 score - 143 GDS fantasy points
I'm genuinely running out of things to say about this guy... just set and forget forever!
Stephen Coniglio
Greater Western Sydney Giants
Verses Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval, Canberra Saturday at 7:30pm AEST
Round 7 score - 127 GDS fantasy points
Stephen Coniglio is so good.
Connor Rozee
Port Adelaide Power
Verses Essendon Bombers at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Sunday at 1:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 100 GDS fantasy points
Connor Rozee came straight back down to earth after his eye-watering 160 GDS fantasy points in round 6. He's making my receding hairline move back at a rapid rate because owning him is akin to riding a rollercoaster. I fair dinkum didn't see him for 98% percent of his round 7 match up against the Saints and he still scored 100, which is a good sign, but lets bump those numbers back up!
Jeremy Cameron
Geelong Cats Verses Adelaide Crows at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Saturday at 2:10pm AEST
Round 7 score - 103 GDS fantasy points
Mr nice guy eh! Giving Tom Hawkins a go at some target practice. Well, lets put that mindset behind us and kick 10 this weekend Jezza!
Fringe players that just missed out on the starting 18.
Jake Lloyd (DEF) - Sydney Swans
Nic Newman (DEF) - Carlton Blues
Lachie Weller (DEF) - Gold Coast Suns
Sam Docherty (DEF) - Carlton Blues
Brad Crouch (MID) - St Kilda Saints
Caleb Serong (MID) - Fremantle Dockers
Marcus Bontempelli (MID) - Western Bulldogs
Tim Kelly (MID) - West Coast Eagles Rowan Marshall (RUCK) - St Kilda Saints
Toby Greene (FWD) - Greater Western Sydney
Jack Ziebell (FWD) - North Melbourne Kangaroos
Jodan De Goey (FWD) - Collingwood Magpies
Zak Butters (FWD) - Port Adelaide Power
Errol Gulden (FWD) - Sydney Swans