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This is week three in HPN’s series on new metrics to evaluate the performance of AFL players and teams. Last week we looked at the Player Team Contribution Statistics, and the week before we introduced the Player Rate Statistics. This week, instead of looking at player based performance measures, we thought

This is week two in HPN’s series on new metrics to evaluate the performance of AFL players and teams. Last week we looked at the Player Rate Statistics. Raw statistics, such as kicks, handballs and marks, have a easy understanding at face level for most punters. However, different teams play

This post is the first of a series where we reveal a bunch of new methods to evaluate the performance of players (and teams), and to better contextualise what you see on the field each weekend. These measures will use a basic kit of statistics to dive down a little

This year HPN will do a brief club-by-club season preview of the upcoming AFL season. HPN will break down the teams both subjectively, and will predict how they will go on both our standard prediction method based on Pythagorean Expectation and Strength of Schedule, and a more detailed player based

This year HPN will do a brief club-by-club season preview of the upcoming AFL season. HPN will break down the teams both subjectively, and will predict how they will go on both our standard prediction method based on Pythagorean Expectation and Strength of Schedule, and a more detailed player based

This year HPN will do a brief club-by-club season preview of the upcoming AFL season. HPN will break down the teams both subjectively, and will predict how they will go on both our standard prediction method based on Pythagorean Expectation and Strength of Schedule, and a more detailed player based

We’ll get to our customary (and rough) power rankings at the end of the post, but we thought we’d run through who stands out as the HPN Midseason AA side – as determined by our PAV ranking system. Here’s where PAV ranks the AFLW at the end of four weeks

Which clubs “won” and “lost” over the trade and free agency period? Over the last two weeks, but mostly yesterday, we’ve applied our “future expected value” approach to evaluating trades, looking at the balance  flowing in each direction.  Tomorrow we’ll run through a blow-by-blow summary of every deal in one