A HUGE final round helped Chris Burnham claim the AFL Fantasy Classic crown in 2024. Chris' 'Noeyedeer5' scored 2,548 in the final round to jump to the top of the leaderboard and claim the Toyota HiLux. FANTASY LATEST Tips, strategy, draft, podcasts, more He tells his story, from picking his starting squad to some of his best choices as he claimed the major prize.
My pre-season starts in November with The Traders putting out their pre-season podcasts. After the luxury of 2023 with Josh Dunkley , Stephen Coniglio , Zak Butters , Tim Taranto, Errol Gulden and Connor Rozee being forwards, this year's crop was thin to say the least. This did mean we could spend bigger on defence and midfield with Elliot Yeo being my D5 and only three rookies in midfield, as opposed to some who were rocking with four rookies in there.
This season also had the uniqueness of Opening Round, where we got a free look at players' roles and scoring capabilities, and extra cash generation built into their price following the completion of round one, which we would then have to evaluate whether losing them for a week during their bye was worth the lost points. Below, I've put in brackets their Opening Round score, which might help understand some of the choices I made..
. My backline had one point of difference (POD) in Dan Houston , who I kept until his bye, riding his highs and lows. Connor Budarick (88) was seen by Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick as his Jayden Short or Liam Baker , but I learned sometim.