The HPN Player Value formula tends to rate young players who play a lot of games relatively highly – and that’s been the major external criticism of it. So before we get into the analysis of the Brad Hill trade let’s take a step back and break down why it does this. The
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How much should Gold Coast give up for Hanley? #AFLTrades
There is no doubt that Pearce Hanley is a good, if not very good, football player. He has been one of the bright lights for the Lions in the otherwise bleak recent past. A rangy half-back who has seen more time in the midfield of late, Hanley was a part
Continue reading »The Cats up the ante with Zach Tuohy #AFLTrades
Zach Tuohy is an odd player to both value and spell. Tuohy has come on with a relative flourish in the past couple of years. The Irishman has firmly moved from being a solid contributor, to perhaps one of the Blues best half-dozen players, with his play off half-back a
Continue reading »AFL Trade and Free Agency Recap – First Two Days (and a mea culpa)
Everyone makes mistakes, right? Forgetting your best mate’s name, taking the wrong turn and ending up in Bundanoon, ordering a beer and ending up with a mid-strength impersonation of a beer. Everyone makes mistakes. But we’ve made one that renders part of our previous two day of coverage to be
Continue reading »TRADE: The Sunshine Sets In The West #AFLTrades
This is the first ACTUAL trade of the 2016 Trade Period. HPN is very excited about this! For more information about our trade formula and draft pick values, read this post. Last year HPN published a post on a potential Cam McCarthy trade entitled: GWS should take two first round
Continue reading »With Hibberd, Melbourne tries to catch ’em all #AFLTrades
This piece opens up HPN’s day 2 coverage of the AFL offseason. If you’ve missed it already, go check out the HPN Draft Pick Trade Value Chart – compiled with help from Draft Guru. After grabbing Jake Melksham at the end of last season, Melbourne has seemingly decided that the
Continue reading »Brett Deledio is worth Geelong’s second-round pick but should go for more #afltrades
In valuing Brett Deledio, who has probably been Richmond’s best player at points in his career, two factors stand out to (perhaps surprisingly) undervalue him. He’s a former number 1 pick, whatever that still means for a bloke who turns 30 next year, but counting against him is his somewhat questionable durability and aforementioned age:
Continue reading »In Bryce Gibbs, Adelaide could find their missing piece #afltrades
Earlier today Bryce Gibbs stated his intention to move to Adelaide, potentially ending the former number 1 pick’s time at Carlton. Gibbs remains a very good player, however at 27 probably doesn’t want to stick around Carlton for a full rebuild. In 2014 Gibbs committed to the Blues until the
Continue reading »Tom Mitchell is a very good player, and Hawthorn are poised to rebuild #afltrades
This is the second post in HPN’s series about the 2016 AFL draft and trade season. Spoiler alert: Tom Mitchell is a very good football player. HPN once saw Mitchell get 64 disposals in a NEAFL game – an impressive amount at any level. As Figuring Footy has pointed out,
Continue reading »The HPN Draft Pick Trade Value Chart v2.0
This is the first post in HPN’s coverage of the AFL off-season. For up-to-date information on the latest draft order and list information, we recommend Draft Guru. A couple of years ago HPN unveiled its first Draft Pick Trade Value Chart (TVC). We felt, considering the amount of the time
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