Nguyen posted 46 in a 43-point home flogging by Fremantle — clearing his 30 BE by 16 points even while the whole team imploded around him. That is rookie cash-cow resilience. Cash gen is still running at +$1,524/wk from a $201k base and he's locked into Essendon's backline rotation. Eight games in and still generating — the window hasn't closed yet. Buy while the price is still cheap.
Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
+$1k/wk
Consistency
No data
Jayden Nguyen
·⚠ out - Suspended (Round 16)
DEF
SC Avg42.6
Form
Break-even30↑ rising
Price$202k3wk ↑ $237k
Owned—
Value0.6poor
UNDERVALUED — 13 pts above BE. Price rising.+$1k/wk
R0
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R1
30
R2
44
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
How they compare
Jayden Nguyen
DEF
Cillian Burke
DEF
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Form
R1
30
R2
44
R8
48
R9
45
R10
46
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Pricing
Price$202k
Price$120k
Breakeven30
Breakeven18
Cash/wk+$1k
Cash/wk+$0k
But this is generic. Your team changes everything.
Sam Mitchell
MID
AVG94
3GM102
BKE88
PRICE$485k
Trade Mitchell → upgrade Xerri to Grundy. Frees $38k and fixes your ruck.
Your personalised recommendation
Read the latest SuperCoach thought pieces and player intel — grounded in prices, form, and community signal — before you pull the trigger on Jayden Nguyen.