WHAT do Sydney Swans champion Adam Goodes and Richmond defender Daniel Connors have in common? Not much, at first glance.

However, both players starred for their respective sides in round 15 and earned some measure of redemption after trying their Dream Team coaches' patience.

After a quiet month, Goodes finally delivered the sort of form against North Melbourne that his coaches and teammates had been promising. Thirty-three disposals and three goals were the highlights of a 158-point game that removed him from the list of 2010's biggest form drop players and heartened those who had persisted with his selection.

Connors has been something of a revelation since returning from a club-imposed eight-game suspension but his performance against Freo on Saturday night was something special.

With 20 kicks, 15 handballs and a goal, he was clearly best afield in both the real world and that of Dream Team, racking up 132 points. Remarkably, the $316,500-rated Connors has averaged almost 100 points in his four games since resuming in round 12.

Fellow Tiger Dustin Martin ($314,300) has also mirrored Richmond's recent form surge, amassing 93 points against Fremantle to take his three-game average to 91 points - a full 20 points better than his season average.

Others to shine in round 15 included Geelong forward Mathew Stokes ($334,200), who cracked the 100-point mark for the second successive week, and Melbourne stalwart Brad Green ($422,100).

Green produced a season-best 141 against Essendon, taking his three-game average to a whopping 124 points. The midfielder-forward is now ranked 13th overall in points per game, reflecting his consistently excellent form.

And young Lion Tom Rockliff ($369,500) continued his pursuit of Fremantle's Michael Barlow at the top of the most improved player list with 110 points against St Kilda. Rockliff still trails Barlow by $80,000 and with seven rounds to play, it looks to be a difficult task to rein in the injured Freo star.

Meanwhile, Brent Stanton's intriguing fall from Dream Team grace has continued but he remains a tantalising prospect for coaches in need of a cheap points injection. Despite an 86-point game against Melbourne, his value dropped by almost $13,000 to $346,800.

Stanton is 18th on the list of form drop players but with a season average of almost 100 points a game, he remains among the top 25 most prolific DT performers. The Bomber midfielder's conundrum proves that a player's price doesn't always tell the full story.
Another who could provide reasonable value in the closing rounds is reigning Melbourne club champion Aaron Davey ($287,000), whose drop in value cracked the $100,000 mark this week.

Davey has proven he's still good for at least 75 points per game and he's still capable of producing the odd 100-point-plus total, making him worthy of consideration.

There was precious little movement among the top 10 lists this week, with familiar faces Barlow, Rockliff and James Podsiadly topping the improvers and Leon Davis, Brendan Fevola and Brad Sewell heading the form drop players.

Top 10 improvers
1. Michael Barlow (Fre) $454,600 (+$348,800)
2. Tom Rockliff (BL) $369,500 (+$268,400)
3. James Podsiadly (Geel) $313,800 (+$236,000)
4. Beau Waters (WCE) $379,300 (+$226,500)
5. Matt Maguire (BL) $286,600 (+$184,900)
6. Ryan Bastinac (NM) $267,600 (+$178,100)
7. Ben Howlett (Ess) $253,100 (+$175,300)
8. Chris Schmidt (Adel) $268,900 (+$174,400)
9. Nathan Fyfe (Fre) $261,200 (+$171,700)
10. Jack Trengove (Melb) $323,600 ($170,100)

Top 10 losers
1. Leon Davis (Coll) $236,500 (-$198,900)
2. Brendan Fevola (BL) $223,900 (-$169,400)
3. Brad Sewell (Haw) $295,500 (-$150,600)
4. Richard Tambling (Rich) $246,000 (-$144,200)
5. Josh Fraser (Coll) $246,500 (-$139,300)
6. Chad Cornes (PA) $246,100 (-$137,200)
7. Chance Bateman (Haw) $248,500 (-$127,600)
8. Dean Cox (WCE) $346,200 (-$125,300)
9. Jonathan Brown (BL) $305,500 (-$110,300)
10. Mitch Clark (BL) $306,100 (-$108,700)

The views in this story are those of the author and not necessarily those of the clubs or the AFL.