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October 17, 2017 Sean

Jack Watts moves at a constant rate to become some extra Power

HPN are huge fans of Jack Watts, both his on-field attributes and especially of everything about the off-field phenom that is Jack Watts. He is not, however, worth a prince’s ransom at the trade table and once he decided on Port Adelaide, it appears that the two sides of the

October 16, 2017 Sean

A Saad Day For The Suns As Adam Joins The Bombers

The swap for Adam Saad turned out to be a fairly straightforward one, pretty much in line with the HPN valuation of the speedy halfback. Saad is a 24 year old role-player for the Suns, a useful component off half-back. He was Gold Coast’s 9th most valuable player this season and projects to about

October 13, 2017 Sean

Hayden Crozier goes to the Bulldogs

We said a couple of days ago Hayden Crozier probably shouldn’t be best-22 for the Bulldogs, and they’ve secured him cheaply enough that it suggests the Dogs aren’t sure either way. PAV thought he was more of a forward this year, but he’s also played in defence in the past. The

October 10, 2017 Sean

Old blokes aren’t worth much – usually

Overpaying for very good players of advanced age has been a fairly common practice in the past in the AFL. The masterclass in this was Adelaide swapping picks 2 and 18 (really picks 4 and 20 before Carlton got done for cap cheating) for Wayne Carey. He gave them more than we’d have projected, but

October 9, 2017 Sean

Dons deeds done dirt cheap?

Essendon have emerged as the likely destination for three players who our PAV ratings think, for different reasons, are a bit of a risk and are rating them lower than conventional wisdom may have it. The Dons seem to have identified, and made themselves the preferred home for, three players available

September 1, 2017 Sean

McGrath may not have been the most valuable Rising Star

Young players have it pretty rough in footy. Learning a new level of game in a newly professional environment, many straight out of high school, it’s little wonder that even the best first-year kids don’t instantly end up in the upper echelons of the competition. This makes evaluating young players

August 25, 2017 Sean

Alternate universes: the final rounds that might have been

We are into the final round of season 2017, and what a great time to look at the fixture that awaits us and see how those matchups would look if just a few things had broken a bit differently. Join us as we journey into the football multiverse and explore

August 19, 2017 Sean

Port Adelaide have made liars of us

Port Adelaide are the best side in the competition against weak opponents and they’re about as good as North Melbourne against the good teams.

August 4, 2017 Sean

Who was the best retiree: Riewoldt, Hodge, Mitchell, Thompson or Priddis?

While there were a number of interesting results and upsets last week, the HPN Team Ratings largely stayed unchanged from a ranking point of view. At this stage of the season our method of rating teams gets quite firm in its views, comparing as it does the entire season’s work

July 7, 2017 Sean

This is the most even season since 1998

The weekend after Brisbane rolled a potential finalist and two weeks after lowly Hawthorn shocked Adelaide, focus has naturally sharpened on the evenness of this year’s competition. We’re here to add to the chorus saying yes (this great piece by The Arc has more international context), this is a really even year.