Well, we’re almost one third of the way through the 2011 Dream Team season, so it’s time to have a look at Fremantle’s performance in the world of fantasy football so far.

Who’s been the gun? Who’s having a breakout season? Has a player set the DT world alight like Michael Barlow did one year ago?

Read on.

The Gun: Aaron Sandilands:

A gun is a player that has the runs on the board. He’s been a high scoring DT player for a number of seasons now. Aaron Sandilands fits that bill perfectly. You know what you’re going to get from the champion ruckman.

He’s averaging 105 DT points a game in 2011, which is even higher than his average of 90.7 a game during his past three All-Australian seasons.

Breakout: David Mundy:

Yes, David Mundy won the Doig Medal in 2010 as Fremantle’s best and fairest player, but in Dream Team he still only averaged a respectable 90.6 points per game.

This followed outputs of 78.7, 70.4 and 69.6 in his three seasons before that.

In fact, Mundy has improved his DT average every year since he debuted in 2005 and in 2010 he knocked on the door of elite DT status.

But he wasn’t quite there - yet.

In 2011, Barra hasn’t just opened that door, he’s smashed it down through sheer weight of numbers. Twenty-eight possessions, five marks and almost six tackles a game has seen his average explode out to 113.4. That’s entering the realm of Dane Swan and Gary Ablett Jnr. If that’s not breakout, nothing is.

The surprise packet: Nat Fyfe:

We already knew a fair bit about Nat Fyfe entering the 2011 season after the 19-year-old made a solid start to his AFL career in 2010. Not many would have expected what Fyfe has produced in 2011.

He has been sensational this season, averaging 27 possessions and 100.6 DT points a game.

To put Fyfey’s performance in perspective, Dream Team kings Dane Swan and Gary Ablett Jnr averaged 52.6 and 68.1 respectively in their second seasons of AFL.

DT coaches out there have been sold on the youngster, too. He is now in 51,523 (18.25 per cent) of the 282,330 Dream Teams out there.

Bad buy: Greg Broughton:

Broughton was a Dream Team revelation in his debut year of 2009, coming off the rookie list to average 87.7 in his 15 games. He backed that up with a 90.8 average last season.

Coming into 2011, Broughts was not cheap, but he seemed a solid choice for your defence. That was until it became evident that the Freo coaches had earmarked him for a slightly more defensive role this season as opposed to the ball-winning Broughton we became used to over the past two seasons.

Broughts’ new defensive duties have seen his average dip by 28.8 in 2011 compared to 2010, and his price drop a whopping $103,400.

On the radar: Tendai Mzungu

After a promising pre-season performance, the mature-age recruit was in everybody’s Dream Team.

That was until injury struck and forced him to miss the start of the 2011 season.

Mzungu is close to playing again, which means he’s going to be a great downgrade option for your forward line or midfield (he is a dual position player).

The advice would be to wait until he has played one or two games and pick him up right before his price is about to go up.


There you have it. If you’ve got Sandi, Barra and Fyfey in your team, you’d be pretty happy with how things have gone. Those who picked up Broughton have to decide whether to be patient or trade up. Our advice: stick with Broughts and hope he repays your faith.

Good luck in round 9 Dream Teamers.