Since 2014 HPN has trawled the internet in order to find out which club is meant to pick which player in the upcoming draft, in lieu of our lack of knowledge about junior footy. This is HPN’s fourth annual attempt at the Consensus Phantom Draft. In most years the method
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A Team-By-Team Summary of the 2017 AFL Trade Period
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
Continue reading »Schache Get A New Start
Two years since being the number two draft pick, Josh Schache is at the nadir of his value. Struggling to get a game in the surprisingly stout Brisbane fowardline, it appeared that there was no clear place for him going forward at the Gabba. The Dogs, however, need all the
Continue reading »The Suns Bet Big On Weller; Freo Bet Small On Matera
Although these are separate trades, they seem inherently interrelated. Weller projects really well for a 21 year old – though it must be stated that the data on Weller at this point of his career is limited. It is highly likely that he at least becomes a solid cog for
Continue reading »Nearly De-listed Darcy Lang Is Involved In A Perfect Trade Instead
We’ve discussed in this space that Lang was informed that he was not going to receive a new contract from Geelong for the 2018 season. This trade is more a formality of a club finding a player a new home than the bare-handed acquisition of assets normally seen at trade
Continue reading »The Parable of the Prodigal Son Concludes as Ablett Re-joins Geelong
After a long time haggling, the most anticipated move of the trade period has been completed just before deadline. We say anticipated because since Ablett decamped to the Gold Coast there were rumours circulating about his return. This is a joyous day for all of us sick of hearing those
Continue reading »Brisbane picks up Luke Hodge for a negligible price
This didn’t even need to be a trade; but it is so here we are. Hodge is essentially valued as being worth pick 73. If he plays two seasons for Brisbane, he’ll likely get there; just one and he probably will just fall short. Verdict: Fair, pointless trade
Continue reading »Charlie Cameron Goes Home…To Brisbane!?!
Finally, after seeing seemingly endless players walk out of the doors of the Gabba, the Lions have grabbed another wantaway in Charlie Cameron. And like the last one (Beams), it looks like they’ve found a good one. Cameron projects to be a very good player going forward – unlikely to
Continue reading »Bam Bam Becomes A Blue Blue
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before: a talented former high GWS draft pick has joined the Blues. Novel, isn’t it? Kennedy was picked up from the GWS Academy at pick 13, and has showed some promising signs at AFL level despite rarely getting the opportunity to play his favoured
Continue reading »Stringer Moves To Essendon In A Package Deal (and Carlton quietly cleans up)
Jake Stringer had the world at his feet at 21 – an All Australian, and a future star of the game. At 22, he had added the most valuable AFL honour to the AA nod – namely a Premiership, despite an un-and-down year. Somehow, Stringer managed to put himself on the
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