{"id":456447,"date":"2026-02-03T21:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456447\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:17:10","slug":"essendon-matt-mottrams-afl-fantasy-picks-dt-talk-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456447\/","title":{"rendered":"Essendon \u2013 Matt Mottram\u2019s AFL Fantasy Picks \u2013 DT TALK 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/F5_ESS_feata-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Essendon fan Matt Mottram (<a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/mattmottram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@MattMottram on X<\/a>) names his top five Bombers for AFL Fantasy in 2026. Matt won AFL Fantasy Classic back in 2022 and backed it up with a hat the year after. He also has a third hat plus and AFLW one. Will he come out of retirement this year? Maybe. We\u2019ve loved his input into the Fantasy community and his love for the Scale of Hardness!<\/p>\n<p>As we celebrate 20 seasons of DT Talk, Warnie chats with a friend from the journey as we look at the best options from their club. Tune in for all 18 clubs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Get this podcast the night before as a member of our Patreon. Head to <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/dttalk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patreon.com\/dttalk<\/a> and join up on the Shout us a Pot or Shout us a Pint tier to gain early access to this podcast series plus plenty of other content such as the Playbook, our massive PDF full of stats, info and hot tips to help you dominate this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Pbx1DelRn6qARchv740yq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen on Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/dt-talk-afl-fantasy-podcasts\/id1704598517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770153429_464_warnieheadshot.jpg\" class=\"avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-60 photo \" height=\"60\" width=\"60\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Co-captain of DT Talk since we started this thing in 2007. Best finish was 13th in 2009&#8230; that was a long time ago. Follow on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WarnieDT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WarnieDT<\/a> and follow on Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warnedawgs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@warnedawgs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dttalklogo_2026-1.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon fan Matt Mottram (@MattMottram on X) names his top five Bombers for AFL Fantasy in 2026. 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