KFC Super coach...Rookie Bible 2023

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Mattaes Phillipou
St Kilda (Mid $166,800)

SC Ave 2022: 102 (U18 Champs)

The Saints need match winners and, while Phillipou does talk a big game, he backs it up on-field. And the 190cm midfielder-forward had some big games in his draft year. This included a monster 181-point display at the national champs, totals of 175 and 180 back-to-back in the SANFL U18s matches and perhaps his best performance of all, three goals and 114 points in the SANFL Reserves. The left-footer has been compared to Marcus Bontempelli, and like the Bont he oozes X-Factor and KFC SuperCoach scoring potential. 
Jack Bytel
St Kilda (Mid $156,800)

SC Ave 2022: 112 (VFL)

Ravaged by injury during his time at the Saints, Bytel will be eager to impress 2023 after being forced to wait until October last year to ink a one-year deal. Bytel was unable to add to his 16 senior games last season but averaged 24.8 didposals, 5.9 tackles and 112 SuperCoach points across 12 games at VFL level, including a monster 184 in his last outing. He looks to be outside St Kilda’s best 23 at this stage but monitor his progress throughout the pre-season, as $156k for a 22-year-old midfielder is good buying. 

 
Nick Coffield
St Kilda (Def $208,800)

SC Ave 2022: N/A

I nearly fell off my chair seeing Coffield’s price after a generous deduction from the boffins at KFC SuperCoach HQ. Coffield is still working his way back from an ACL rupture that he suffered in the 2021 pre-season, but he screams value when he does return. Coffield has posted KFC SuperCoach averages of 79 (2020, 18 games) and 63 (2021,16 games) in recent seasons and uses the ball well as a rebounding defender. He hasn’t lived up to his top-10 potential just yet but he should be beginning to enter his prime in 2023 in his sixth season.