Nick's Captains - Round 20

Well what a week of DT - some very rubbish scores produced this week. My man John Sutton, whom I said wouldn't do anything, blasted the Broncos for a lazy 118 points, and Benji bamboozled the Cowboys for a cool 135. The DT regulars struggled a little, with send-offs and injuries causing points to be much lower than normal.

The top 5 from last week scored as follows:
1 - Farah (61) - 10 in the bin didn't help his score
2 - Hindmarsh (81) - maybe he should be #1 every week
3 - Stagg (67)
4 - Fitzgibbon (69)
5 - Tupou (37) - Hammy goooooone

Analysis this week is as follows:
Steve (comp rank based on avg) - (3 week avg)(score last time these teams met)

Manly v Knights
Manly - no-one in the top 20 still. Glenn Stewart is on the fringe at 23. No captain material.
Gidley(15) - (62)(91) - this 91 was back when Manly were struggling. Although he has been named, I wouldn't be surprised to see him miss this week.
Taia(17) - (68)(78) - consistent.

GC v Broncos
Laffranchi(6) - (89)(n/a) - Another solid performance on the weekend (72) and with the Broncos in their poor current form he could be set for another big one this week.

Parker(18) - (54)(n/a) - soft.

Dawgs v Eels (massive DT game right here)
Stagg(5) - (77)(n/a) - Stagg has been putting up big numbers lately, and should score well here again. Very reliable captain. Loves DT!!
Hannant(7) - (89)(81) - the big Polar Bear is back!!!!!!!!! Has been a DT star in the games he has played so far this year, so will be interesting to see how he goes this week. I think he will work his way back into it.
Hindmarsh(4) - (84)(n/a) - I know this is getting a bit repetitive, but big Hindy kills it in DT. His value is up to $360k and he loves nothing more than scoring DT points!

NQ v Panthers
JT(22) - (49)(n/a) - not at the same lofty heights as earlier in the season. DT value diminishes with every week
Waterhouse(9) - (73)(n/a) - another solid 69'er last week for Trent "I like to be 3rd man in when 2 men are already going at it" Waterhouse. Good at DT though.

Storm v Sharks
Storm - nothing again. Big Sika Manu had a good score this week though. Smith may play this week you would think.
Tupou(16) - (59)(n/a) - a hammy injury and a 37 forced him to drop 3 places in the player rankings last week. Will he play this week (he has been named)? If so stay away, but get on next week or the week after when he should drop to about $260k or so.

Raiders v Wests
Bronson(8) - (69)(101) - big time 101 score last time they met, although this was in Round 1. Should be a free flowing game in Canberra so he might go big again.
Farah(3) - (75)(53) - will be looking to atone for last week. Getting sin-binned for 10 minutes does not help in DT. Will put on try assists and score big this week.

NZ v Dragons
Price(10) - (73)(63) - hopefully he will be back this week, but not as captain against the Dragons. Soward(20) - (97)(61) - has been on fiar recently. I think he will score averagely well this week, but not captain material.

Rabbits v Roosters
Sutton(19) - (99)(71) - massive last couple of games, getting back to the form that had him touted as an Origin star in days gone by. You would expect him to go big again against the Roosters this week.
Fitzgibbon(10) - (93)(50) - OUT!!!!!!!

Based on the above, the top 5 for this week is:
1 - Farah
2 - Hindmarsh
3 - Harrison
4 - Laffranchi
5 - Sutton

I umm'd and ahhh'd about Stagg, and he was very unlucky to miss out. Sorry for the lack of poll last week - but it's back this week! 26 votes last time - let's go for 40 this week