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Updated 28 June 2026

Should I TradeS. FlandersFWDin SuperCoach 2026?

$472,600 · 91 avg · BE 69 · 12 games

ROOKIEBIBLEVerdict
▼ SELL

Flanders crashed to 39 in St Kilda's 52-point home demolition at the hands of Hawthorn at Docklands — 30 points below his 69 BE and a catastrophic score for a premium averaging 110. The team context (67-119 loss) explains some compression but 39 from a player of his quality is unacceptable. More concerning are the event flags: multiple injury-watch signals (T3, conf 7-9) point to an Achilles issue that may end his season, and a role-change signal flags he has been playing half-back with no CBA involvement — a role that may contract further when NWM returns. The nine consecutive hold/buy verdicts reflected his elite scoring through R9, but the R12 data fundamentally changes the thesis. Cash gen at +$2,815/week is still positive but that will reverse violently if the injury forces missed games or the 39 is the start of a role-compressed downturn. Sell — the injury risk and role change compound the evidence that the optimal exit window has arrived.

Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Stable
Trajectory
+$2k/wk
Consistency
No data

Sam Flanders

⚡ Cap option·out - Leg/Calf (Season)
FWD
SC Avg91.0solid
Form
Break-even69↑ rising
Price$473k3wk ↑ $509k
Owned
Value0.5poor
UNDERVALUED22 pts above BE. Price rising.+$2k/wk
R0
77
R1
104
R2
81
R3
93
R4
R5
88
R6
117
R7
83

How they compare

Sam Flanders

FWD

Archie Perkins

FWD
Form
R7
83
R8
69
R9
120
R10
110
R11
111
R12
39
R10
65
R11
95
R12
62
R13
60
R14
48
R16
41
Pricing
Price$473k
Price$297k
Breakeven69
Breakeven44
Cash/wk+$2k
Cash/wk+$0k

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