In addition to our preview with James Coventry for ABC Grandstand today, we thought we’d add a couple of GIFs and charts that didn’t make the cut for the piece, but were too good to leave out altogether. Plus, our (PERT and James’s) predictions of what will happen on the
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Otherwordly attacks, death lineups and suspect defences: the questions facing week one of the AFL finals.
Earlier this week, alongside the fantastic James Coventry, had a look at the strengths and weaknesses of premiership favourites Richmond. We don’t normally do this, other than plugging Footballistics (out now in all good bookstores), but in our opinion it is well worth a read – and recommending to your friends.
Continue reading »The 2018 HPN All Australian Team
Earlier in the year HPN ran a preliminary All Australian team, based on the Player Approximate Value system that we have developed to determine the value of players. With the announcement of the “real” All Australian team imminent, we thought we’d add to the noise and drop our thoughts in
Continue reading »Sorry, but it wasn’t enough – a final look at the ten non-finalists
Across the season HPN has slowly but surely been trying to profile each team, and their strengths and weaknesses. Due to external events (such as the release of Footballistics) we didn’t get a chance to get to all 18 teams. But, with the eight finalists locked in, we thought it
Continue reading »Is this another case of history repeating?
In 1998 English big beat one-hit-wonders The Propellerheads posed an interesting question that would far outlive any other memory of the band itself: Is this just another case of history repeating? Unintentionally, the lads* stumbled onto the theories of historic recurrence and eternal return; philosophical schools of thought that outline
Continue reading »Is Collingwood for real?
Collingwood is real. No amount of denialism will change that. You can get a beer at Stomping Grounds (or The Tote), watch the footy team at the ‘G or the ressies at Victoria Park, or even glance at houses and apartments that you have no hope of affording to buy. Collingwood,
Continue reading »Cyril Rioli didn’t defy statistics, just poor analysis
Football players aren’t machines. Not every player wants to play until their body can take no more, until their body is a sinewy mess. Not every football player feels compelled to make football their only focus, which is a great thing in our honest opinions. Most players study or undertake
Continue reading »The End of a Beginning – the launch of Footballistics
Usually in pissing contests about national pride there are many ideas on what the most Australian thing is. HPN won’t indulge in that debate, but there is little doubt that the humble suburban football club is one of the key markers of 20th century Australia. For the past two years,
Continue reading »HPN Chat – Does The Fixture Need Fixing?
HPN Chat is definitely the second in a series of pieces where HPN chats about the big and small issues of the day. This week, we talk about when games are played, the role of football in the cultural fabric of Australian society and Chris Judd’s ghostwriter. Cody Atkinson (cody), Sean
Continue reading »HPN Chat – Is AFL footy broken in 2018, and do we need to change the rules?
Hammersley Chat is hopefully the first in a series of pieces where HPN chats about the big and small issues of the day. This week, we talk about the game’s scoring drought, and whether rule change is coming to “fix” it. Cody Atkinson (cody), Sean Lawson (arwon) and Ryan Buckland
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