O'Connell bounced back emphatically from his soft 33 in R10 to post 67 in St Kilda's 52-point home loss to Hawthorn — 37 points above his 30 BE and his second convincing score above BE in three weeks. At $205.7k with 9 games and positive cash gen of $1,382/week, he is doing exactly what a rookie DEF cash cow should do. The R9 buy verdict was correct and the R10 soft week was a blip, not a trend. The 67 shows he can score even when the Saints are under pressure. Rookie DEFs with this profile at this price point are rare and valuable. Buy — the cash generation trajectory is clear and the role in St Kilda's backline appears settled.
Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
+$1k/wk
Consistency
No data
Liam O Connell
·⚠ test - Head (Test)
DEF
SC Avg48.2
Form
Break-even30↑ rising
Price$206k3wk ↑ $242k
Owned—
Value0.6poor
UNDERVALUED — 18 pts above BE. Price rising.+$1k/wk
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How they compare
Liam O Connell
DEF
Cillian Burke
DEF
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Form
R8
48
R9
50
R10
33
R11
53
R12
57
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Pricing
Price$206k
Price$120k
Breakeven30
Breakeven18
Cash/wk+$1k
Cash/wk+$0k
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MID
AVG94
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BKE88
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