Warnie from The Traders, AFL.com.au’s NAB AFL Fantasy experts, will be taking a look at the Bulldogs each week exclusive to westernbulldogs.com.au.

LAST WEEK

Doubling Port Adelaide’s score, the Doggies enjoyed their 64 point win at Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon with some outstanding Fantasy performances.

Scoring 1686 points to the Power’s 1291, a whopping 14 players scored 80 points or more.

DEF/MID Matthew Boyd was the best with 32 touches and 120 points, taking his season average to 104.6. Boyd is arguably at his lowest price with a breakeven of 102. Pick him up for $536K to sure up your backline in the first week of Fantasy finals.

Booting four goals in the last quarter, Jack Redpath (104) posted his highest score of the season. As a bit of a late bloomer this year, Redpath has increased $141K since he returned to the side in round 14.

TOP 5 SCORERS V PORT ADELAIDE

  • 120 – Matthew Boyd (DEF/MID, $536,000)
  • 104 – Jack Redpath (FWD, $295,000)
  • 99 – Mitch Wallis (MID, $461,000)
  • 98 – Luke Dahlhaus (FWD/MID, $523,000)
  • 97 – Liam Picken (DEF/MID, $602,000)

ON THE RADAR

The Fantasy finals kick off this week with teams in the top four given a double chance and sides ranked fifth to eighth facing elimination, just like the real thing in September.

The Bulldogs have a favourable draw over the next month when it comes to Fantasy. They take on the Demons, Eagles, Dockers and Lions over the last four weeks. Most of these opponents are leaking above average points so getting in a Bulldog or two could be advantageous.

Brisbane Lions in the last round, the Fantasy Grand Final, is the big ticket item. Make sure you have some of our Western Bulldogs for that fixture.

When we look across the positions, Liam Picken and Matthew Boyd are ranked third and fourth on average for available defenders, Jack Macrae is twelth for all midfielders and Luke Dahlhaus is the fourth ranked forward.

WHAT’S COMING UP

In round 8, the Bulldogs went down to the Demons by 39 points. This is something the lads from the kennel will want to turn around as they hunt their top four finish.

The top Fantasy scorer in the game was Mitch Wallis (121) with 23 touches and 12 tackles. Matthew Boyd (115) collected 31 touches while Luke Dahlhaus (113) had 26 and kicked a goal.

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