Cottrell clipped 49 in a 39-point home belting by St Kilda — 4 below his 53 BE in the context of Carlton being completely outclassed. Two games back from injury and both scores are near-BE, which is the floor read; that same context means the price isn't moving. At $358.8k with zero cash gen and no role certainty, there's nothing here worth buying. Hold if you have him and watch — one more game in a competitive match is the minimum before reassessing.
Signals1/3 · Weak alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
Flat
Consistency
No data
Matt Cottrell
·⚠ out - Knee (3-4 weeks)
MID
SC Avg63.5
Form
Break-even51↑ rising
Price$345k3wk ↑ $381k
Owned—
Value—
UNDERVALUED — 13 pts above BE. Price rising.$-1k/wk
R0
R1
R2
—
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
51
How they compare
Matt Cottrell
MID
James Tunstill
MID
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Form
R7
51
R8
49
R15
98
R16
56
R7
55
R10
34
R11
59
R13
41
R14
61
R16
36
Pricing
Price$345k
Price$222k
Breakeven51
Breakeven33
Cash/wk+$-1k
Cash/wk+$2k
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 Matt Cottrell.