AF 2015 Profile: Steele Sidebottom

[Mr.Craig]

Steele Sidebottom



2/1/91 180cm/85kg Midfielder

Career Games - 127

2012 AF Ave: 104.7
2013 AF Ave: 96.5
2014 AF Ave: 108.1

2014 Averages - 17.2 kicks, 9.5 handballs, 5.7 marks, 4.1 tackles

2014 Scores - 84, 56, 126, 95, 141, 124, 75, 107, 115, 94, 147, 99, 109, 123, 142, 101, 94, 96, 125

Below 80
Above 120

Profile

An exceptional 2014 saw Sidebottom catapulted into midfield premium territory. He finished the year ranked 20th in the league for disposals, 2nd for kicks, 50th for marks and 7th for average fantasy points. Post-bye he averaged 112.6 with a low score of 94 which is exactly what you want from a premium - big ceilings and acceptable basements. He hit a speed hump in 2013 which saw his average dip and this might be viewed as a risk for the future, along with the potential for increased opposition attention but there's a lot to like about where he's headed as a fantasy player. Steele has that rare combination of high disposals, excellent kick/handball differential, strong marking and tackling numbers with regular goalkicking the icing on the cake (14 in 2014). He'll be 24 in 2015 and you'd be foolish to think he's hit his high water mark yet. Pretty much close to a lock in my opinion.


Prediction - 106-112

Inside Football Player Rating - http://www.aflplayerratings.com.au/Ratings/Player/114582/Steele-SIDEBOTTOM
Collingwood Profile - http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/player-profile/steele-sidebottom

[Ricochet]

Steele has been huge for the KL Crocs this year, especially after coming back from his suspension.
And its scary considering how old he is

[Nige]

Kinda replaced Swanny (obviously hasn't quite reached the heights in full pig mode... yet :o ;)), but yeah... he'd had to be considered.

[nrich102]

Great write up Craig, really enjoyed reading all the profiles so far.

Steele is close to being locked into my team, the only thing stopping him will be how much the Gaz/Rocky combo costs.

[Sweetness]

Great write-up.
Behind Pendles/Beams for the tag + huge scoring potential means he is also high on the watch list for me.

Depending on byes and how many Pies you can start with, he may be a better pick then Pendles/Beams......