Eddie Betts has been one of the most exciting and most beloved players in the league for a while now, and remains one of the more dangerous small forwards in the competition. A pre-season draftee after being overlooked in the national draft, he fairly quickly became a reliable goal-a-game small
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More and more, clubs are engaging in minor pick swaps aimed at one of several goals: Swapping future picks to move draft value into the following year, or into the current year. Positioning higher in the draft by swapping multiple picks for one, sometimes to take a pick before a
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Note: This article is part of a series using a valuation method called Player Approximate Value (PAV) to evaluate trades for fairness and balance. Elsewhere, you can read much more about the method and theory behind PAV. You can also read about PAPLEY, the projection method used to derive expected future PAVs, which
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Despite their terrible defensive numbers in recent years, Melbourne found themselves entering the 2019 offseason with a logjam down back – especially with respect to taller defenders. With Lever and May penciled into two spots, and Hore, Hibberd, Oscar McDonald all fighting for one or two others, Sam Frost was
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Few players have risen as fast in the footballing public’s consciousness as former Geelong star Tim Kelly – going from apprentice sparky/WAFL standout to one of the best handful of players period in three short years. The story of Tim Kelly isn’t typical of the era of the One National
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As part of the buildup to the Grand Final, HPN thought we’d take a look at how the two list builds have occurred by looking at the value of the player acquisition opportunities. Each trade period, HPN uses its Player Approximate Value (PAV) system to evaluate the trade period and
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HPN Team Ratings The Pies rate as an extremely well balanced team, with no obvious gaps in their ratings. Historically, 105% of the league average across the board is the threshold for premiers under the HPN Team Ratings system back to 1999 (give or take the 2005 Swans and 2016
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HPN Team Ratings Brisbane have dipped below GWS just slightly for overall rating after their respective results last week. However, the difference between the two is slight at best, and has gone back and forth throughout the year. This match sees an interesting battle of team styles – one team
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HPN Team Ratings Geelong rate as the best team over the course of the year according to HPN Team Ratings, so going out in straight sets would probably be a bit of an underachievement if it were to eventuate. The Cats have a particular strength in their defence, which concedes
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HPN Team Ratings On paper this looks like a fairly even contest. Richmond’s strength is in the midfield, while the Lions present as a remarkably balanced side across the park. Both sides have improved in the back half of the year, with Richmond lifting a few percent in all three
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