Long managed just 44 in Collingwood's 4-point away loss to the Bulldogs at Docklands — 5 points below his 49 BE in a one-possession game where every disposal mattered. At $333.8k with a 63.5 average and 47 games of history, he is a known quantity: a chronic underperformer whose cash gen has been negative all season at -$3,192/wk. The R8 92 against Hawthorn was the outlier, not the signal. In the other seven rounds he has scored under 50 five times. At this price and with negative cash gen bleeding $3k+ weekly, he is actively costing coaches who hold him. Sell and redirect to a player with positive trajectory.
Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
-$4k/wk
Consistency
Consistent
Ned Long
MID
SC Avg79.0solid
Form
Break-even45↑ rising
Price$305k3wk ↑ $330k
Owned—
Value0.3poor
UNDERVALUED — 34 pts above BE. Price rising.$-4k/wk
R0
70
R1
63
R2
—
R3
90
R4
69
R5
48
R6
70
R7
How they compare
Ned Long
MID
Benny Barrett
MID
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Form
R9
66
R10
79
R11
44
R12
44
R15
72
R16
54
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Pricing
Price$305k
Price$120k
Breakeven45
Breakeven18
Cash/wk+$-4k
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
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