Whitfield posted 79 in a 17-point road loss to West Coast at Perth Stadium — below his 84 BE and his first sub-BE score since early season. Perth is a graveyard for visitors and context softens the miss, but after back-to-back 117 and 133 scores he has now produced 79 in a losing cause. Price is drifting with cash gen at -$1,124/wk. Nothing fundamentally changed — he is still a top-4 DEF with a proven ceiling above 130. Hold confidently through a single Perth miss; if you do not own him, the current price dip is a buying window.
Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
-$1k/wk
Consistency
Consistent
Lachie Whitfield
⚡ Cap option·Bye Rd 12
DEF
SC Avg79.0solid
Form
Break-even84↓ falling
Price$571k3wk ↑ $625k
Owned—
Value0.1poor
BELOW BE — 5 pts under BE. Price falling.$-1k/wk
R0
103
R1
70
R2
96
R3
128
R4
—
R5
102
R6
115
R7
123
How they compare
Lachie Whitfield
DEF
Nick Vlastuin
DEF
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Form
R5
102
R6
115
R7
123
R8
117
R9
133
R10
79
R5
54
R6
78
R7
65
R8
78
R9
91
R10
110
Pricing
Price$571k
Price$396k
Breakeven84
Breakeven58
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MID
AVG94
3GM102
BKE88
PRICE$485k
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