Riley Bonner

[Koop]

Had him in my side for a fair chunk of the pre-season. Then I decided that he wouldn't have the ceiling to offset any bad games with all the points going around at Port so I got rid of him. Scores 119. flower him

You know that will be his highest game for the season which is only in his price rises for 1 week. Jump on now you've missed the game that inflates his average. I doubt he will be a keeper so to bring him in now, you'll be using 2 trades for what, $170-200k?

Doubt it's a one off, they seem to want the ball in his hands. Seemed to play the Hibberd/Laird/Savage/Lloyd etc. role for them.

Agree though, wouldn't burn 2 trades for some cash and a 50/50 keeper.

As we've seen with Witherden, making the jump to keeper isn't as monumental as other lines. Bonner is also in his third year, so far he hasn't gone under 75 so it's safe to say his floor is premo worthy. All he needs to do from here is score a ton every few matches.  I'm tempted as I see parallels with Roberton a few years ago, similar price point & similar circumstances.

I'd say Witherden is certainly the anomaly when looking at rookies stepping up to premium status so quickly. For all of Bonner's great traits, he has never shown a real ball-magnet ability at SANFL level and it concerns me that the weekend may have been one of his standout games for the season. The SCG isn't as wide-open as the Oval is against a piss poor Fremantle, thats for sure.

That being said though, he's probably one of the few players at that price that won't have absolute stinkers. I'd be very surprised to see him score under 55 more than maaaybe once or twice this year. I think expecting him to be a premium is a tad unrealistic considering his score was probably inflated by the lack of Fremantle pressure on him coming out the back half, but I definitely think he can be a solid 75-80 option for the season no doubt, handy extra player during the bye weeks and an eventual D7-D8.

Pittard coming back in 4-5 weeks is also an unknown on his scoring as they both play the same role. Not sure what's going to happen there but I'd suspect Hartlett will be moved up the ground if Bonner continues to make things happen like he's currently doing. Just remember though, Fremantle had absolutely no pressure on him, and two of his other career games have been against the GC who are much in the same boat, I want to see him tested before I can start singing his praises fully.   

[Huttabito]

Agree with the above. 70+ against the swans, looks like he'll be worth the punt.

[smashbox]

He's definately a wait another week before jumping on candidate.

[Bully]

Think 80-85 is achievable which is fine for D6-D7.

[Hazza09]

If he can dominate against Sydney away this weekend and go anywhere 80+ above he is in for Naughton....assuming that Naughton has another stinker!

[jvalles69]

I took Seedsman over Bonner, got a 75 off 26 touches.  Thinking going to Bonner next week, but prob too sideways.  Seedsman should still make decent money.

[PowerBug]

I took Seedsman over Bonner, got a 75 off 26 touches.  Thinking going to Bonner next week, but prob too sideways.  Seedsman should still make decent money.

Nup wouldn't do that, sit tight with Seedsman, as you said he will still make you cash so I don't think it's worth the trade. At least not at this stage, let's see what Round 2 brings :)



Obviously I'm not going to trade him in this week but he's got to be considered if he puts up another good performance (80+) against the Swans if not for keeper status at least for the cash that he will make in the coming weeks. I just don't see him doing it over the whole season so I'd be wary of bringing him in hoping to have a keeper from it. He's barely played any games and there's still Pittard to return and Kenny loves Jasper. His spot in the side is safe, but his scoring will decline I think.

From a personal point of view I left some cash in hand so it won't take a lot for me to fund a Murphy -> Bonner. Doing Rayner to English or Bont to Conigs will fund it, but not doing anything this week.

[jvalles69]

I took Seedsman over Bonner, got a 75 off 26 touches.  Thinking going to Bonner next week, but prob too sideways.  Seedsman should still make decent money.

Nup wouldn't do that, sit tight with Seedsman, as you said he will still make you cash so I don't think it's worth the trade. At least not at this stage, let's see what Round 2 brings :)



Obviously I'm not going to trade him in this week but he's got to be considered if he puts up another good performance (80+) against the Swans if not for keeper status at least for the cash that he will make in the coming weeks. I just don't see him doing it over the whole season so I'd be wary of bringing him in hoping to have a keeper from it. He's barely played any games and there's still Pittard to return and Kenny loves Jasper. His spot in the side is safe, but his scoring will decline I think.

From a personal point of view I left some cash in hand so it won't take a lot for me to fund a Murphy -> Bonner. Doing Rayner to English or Bont to Conigs will fund it, but not doing anything this week.

Agreed.

[Brikett]

Wouldn't be wasting a trade for him now 1 round in.

Scored well against an unaccountable side and to be fair, played a good role for Supercoach.

Will probably only have a few more weeks in his current role before Pittard takes over from him.

Will need another good score next week to convince me he can make around 150-200k or so and be a good stepping stone.

Certainly don't think he'll be a keeper or in the top 10 defenders at season end once Pittard comes back and takes back that primary rebound role off of half back.

Cool your jets lads, we're a round in.

Lets see how he backs it up.

[Bully]

Wouldn't be wasting a trade for him now 1 round in.

Scored well against an unaccountable side and to be fair, played a good role for Supercoach.

Will probably only have a few more weeks in his current role before Pittard takes over from him.

Will need another good score next week to convince me he can make around 150-200k or so and be a good stepping stone.

Certainly don't think he'll be a keeper or in the top 10 defenders at season end once Pittard comes back and takes back that primary rebound role off of half back.

Cool your jets lads, we're a round in.

Lets see how he backs it up.

Don't think anyone is jumping in yet, this week a good test.

[eaglesman]

Wouldn't be wasting a trade for him now 1 round in.

Scored well against an unaccountable side and to be fair, played a good role for Supercoach.

Will probably only have a few more weeks in his current role before Pittard takes over from him.

Will need another good score next week to convince me he can make around 150-200k or so and be a good stepping stone.

Certainly don't think he'll be a keeper or in the top 10 defenders at season end once Pittard comes back and takes back that primary rebound role off of half back.

Cool your jets lads, we're a round in.

Lets see how he backs it up.

Don't think anyone is jumping in yet, this week a good test.

I jumped in

[Bully]

Wouldn't be wasting a trade for him now 1 round in.

Scored well against an unaccountable side and to be fair, played a good role for Supercoach.

Will probably only have a few more weeks in his current role before Pittard takes over from him.

Will need another good score next week to convince me he can make around 150-200k or so and be a good stepping stone.

Certainly don't think he'll be a keeper or in the top 10 defenders at season end once Pittard comes back and takes back that primary rebound role off of half back.

Cool your jets lads, we're a round in.

Lets see how he backs it up.

Don't think anyone is jumping in yet, this week a good test.

I jumped in

Who did you trade?

[Southstorm]

Pittard still 3 or 4 weeks away according to the AFL website, will probably require a hitout in the SANFL before he makes a return. I think Bonner is pretty safe for the next month, would just need a pretty meteoric price rise in that time for it to be worthwhile.

[Dudge]

2 games iv'e watched, small sample size lol, one against Crows JLT, and the Freo game. Don't know really speaking, but geez he looked ok. Agree with most, he's a wait and see i think, and we'll see against Sydney, but i'm confident he'll hold his own.

[Miss Pies]

I loved everything about Bonner when I checked him out on video and stats. It cost me a bit extra in the beginning but very glad I chose him in my initial team. As for JS when Pittard gets back, I'm not too concerned about that. If ya don't have him I wouldn't jump on him just yet, see how he fairs against Sydney first. If he can manage a decent score from that game (lots of class players in Swans) then he's worth getting in - in my opinion