Ablett v. Richmond



Rd 16 2012: 133 SC points, 33 disposals

Rd 17 2011: 127 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 2 2009: 139 SC points, 29 disposals

Rd 8 2008: 164 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 18 2007: 133 SC points, 28 disposals

Rd 6 2007: 170 SC points, 32 disposals

Rd 9 2006: 129 SC points, 25 disposals



Average is 142 SC points with 29 disposals.



Note: Great average against the Tigers. No scores below 127. Most recently played head to head against Cotchin in 2012 but was tagged by Jackson in 2011. Missed last week's game against Brisbane but is coming off scores of 115, 147, 153, 129 and 149 in (average of 139).



Kennedy v. Greater Western Sydney



Rd 1 2013: 147 SC points, 28 disposals

Rd 14 2012: 123 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 1 2012: 137 SC points, 27 disposals



Average is 136 SC points with 27 disposals.



Note: Most recently played head to head against Ward (and also in Round 1 2012) but was tagged by Treloar in the Round 14 game last year. In poor form at the moment with scores of 96, 88, 107, 86, 126 and 56 (average of 93 in six games). Maybe this is the game he needs to return to form.



Selwood v. Melbourne



Rd 19 2011: 155 SC points, 43 disposals

Rd 10 2010: 134 SC points, 35 disposals

Rd 16 2009: 161 SC points, 31 disposals

Rd 6 2009: 114 SC points, 34 disposals

Rd 19 2008: 134 SC points, 33 disposals

Rd 3 2008: 51 SC points, 10 disposals

Rd 3 2007: 50 SC points, 16 disposals



Average is 114 SC points with 29 disposals.



Note: Averaging 140 in his past four games against them. Scored a huge 155 in 2011 which was a 233 to 47 thrashing of Melbourne. He had another dominant performance against Hawthorn last week with 151 which had followed scores of 54 (tagged out of the game by Crowley), 135 and 137 in the weeks prior (average of 119 in four games).



Pendlebury v. Adelaide



Rd 9 2012: 118 SC points, 29 disposals

Rd 9 2011: 124 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 21 2010: 104 SC points, 30 disposals

Rd 19 2009: 96 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 1 2009: 116 SC points, 29 disposals

EF 2008: 113 SC points, 24 disposals

Rd 15 2008: 85 SC points, 20 disposals

Rd 22 2007: 108 SC points, 22 disposals

Rd 6 2007: 93 SC points, 15 disposals



Average is 106 SC points with 25 disposals.



Note: Not a good record against Adelaide with a high score of only 124 in 2011 when he played head to head against Sloane. Adelaide usually tags Swan. Was a standout last week against Carlton with 154 which has followed scores of 112, 145 and 132 in the weeks prior (average of 136).



Swan v. Adelaide



Rd 9 2011: 80 SC points, 21 disposals

Rd 21 2010: 100 SC points, 28 disposals

SF 2009: 93 SC points, 28 disposals

Rd 19 2009: 122 SC points, 30 disposals

Rd 1 2009: 100 SC points, 28 disposals

EF 2008: 96 SC points, 27 disposals

Rd 15 2008: 79 SC points, 25 disposals

Rd 22 2007: 93 SC points, 28 disposals

Rd 6 2007: 100 SC points, 32 disposals

Rd 18 2006: 130 SC points, 32 disposals

Rd 1 2006: 131 SC points, 34 disposals



Average is 102 SC points with 28 disposals.



Note: Normally tagged by Douglas or Reilly or Shirley. Picked up 41 disposals last week and finished with 148 SC points which had followed scores of 73, 149, 148 and 131 (average of 130 from five games).



Franklin v. Port Adelaide



Rd 11 2012: 113 SC points, 15 disposals, 4 goals, 4 behinds

Rd 21 2011: 162 SC points, 17 disposals, 8 goals, 0 behinds

Rd 7 2011: 114 SC points, 15 disposals, 3 goals, 3 behinds

Rd 18 2010: 85 SC points, 14 disposals, 3 goals, 3 behinds

Rd 18 2009: 74 SC points, 20 disposals, 2 goals, 7 behinds

Rd 4 2009: 77 SC points, 19 disposals, 3 goals, 3 behinds

Rd 8 2008: 131 SC points, 13 disposals, 6 goals, 2 behinds

Rd 20 2007: 44 SC points, 9 disposals, 2 goals, 0 behinds

Rd 10 2007: 57 SC points, 10 disposals, 3 goals, 3 behinds



Average is 95 SC points with 15 disposals with just under 4 goals.



Note: Poor record against Port Adelaide. Three scores over 100 but five scores under 100 with all those scores being 85 or under. He has been manned by Carlile since 2009. A great recent game against Port kicking 8 goals straight. He is in poor form at the moment coming off scores of He is coming off scores of 61, 100, 97, 124, 81 and 98 (average of 94).



Cox v. Fremantle



Rd 1 2013: 96 SC points, 14 disposals, 36 hitouts

Rd 19 2012: 76 SC points, 9 disposals, 28 hitouts

Rd 9 2012: 68 SC points, 15 disposals, 20 hitouts

Rd 8 2011: 103 SC points, 13 disposals, 19 hitouts

Rd 18 2010: 94 SC points, 14 disposals, 17 hitouts

Rd 6 2010: 96 SC points, 10 disposals, 30 hitouts

Rd 6 2009: 72 SC points, 16 disposals, 19 hitouts

Rd 18 2008: 81 SC points, 25 disposals, 14 hitouts

Rd 3 2008: 86 SC points, 22 disposals, 10 hitouts

Rd 18 2007: 100 SC points, 16 disposals, 27 hitouts

Rd 3 2007: 69 SC points, 16 disposals, 12 hitouts



Average is 86 SC points with 16 disposals and 21 hitouts.



Note: Poor average against Fremantle. Normally has a hard time against Sandilands. In Round 1 this year, Naitanui wasn't playing and Sandilands wasn't playing and he still only managed a 96. He is coming off scores of 83,107, 115 and 132 (average of 109 from four games).



Dangerfield v. Collingwood



Rd 9 2012: 87 SC points, 18 disposals

Rd 9 2011: 63 SC points, 12 disposals

Rd 21 2010: 46 SC points, 19 disposals

SF 2009: 81 SC points, 16 disposals

Rd 1 2009: 79 SC points, 15 disposals



Average is 71 SC points with 16 disposals.



Note: Terrible average against Collingwood. He has been starring this season which may mean he attracts the Macaffer tag. He is in career best form at the moment with scores of 136, 141 and 150 (average of 142).



My opinion: Ablett is back after missing last week's game against Brisbane. Gold Coast are meeting Richmond in Cairns and they will have strong expectations of winning the game. Richmond, however, will still be hurting from last year's loss to the Suns at Cairns and will be looking to revenge. Hardwick has already spoken about possibly playing one of his guns head to head against Ablett or possibly using Jackson to tag him. Regardless, I still think that Ablett is the captain of choice this week.



Following Ablett, Joel Selwood should continue his recent hot form against Melbourne down at Simonds Stadium (Geelong's most recent winning margins against Melbourne have been 43 points, 186 points, 54 points and 46 points).



Next I would pick Pendlebury who is continuing to show us what a great user of the ball he is. He has been very consistent this season (only one score below 100 which was 96 back in Round 7) and should have a good game tomorrow night.



Next I would pick Josh Kennedy playing back at the SCG who should pick up lots of touches against the Giants. He was poor last week with only 96 SC points but this was because he wasn't kicking the ball. He had 12 clearances but had only 4 kicks to go with his 29 handballs. If he had managed to kick more often instead of handball, his score would have been through the roof.



Finally I would pick Swan who is finding a lot of the ball recently. If only he could improve his disposal efficiency …



Good luck all!