The glorious subdued chaos of the AFL National Draft has come and gone, so let’s look at how the phantom drafts did. And the winner is To start with, let’s take a look at how the different phantom drafts did. We’ve looked firstly at the first round in isolation: A big
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The Final HPN Consensus Phantom Draft #AFL #AFLDraft
With the main event almost upon us, the last phantom drafts have been released into the wide world and we are able to release the final HPN Consensus Phantom Draft of 2015. At the end of the day, the heavy hitters who have dropped late mock drafts are in near total
Continue reading »2015 HPN Consensus Phantom Draft V2 #AFL
With the draft drawing ever closer there appears to be movement in the predicted draft order, with a few later movers, and the requisite sliders. For those who missed HPN’s first version of the Consensus Phantom Draft (and the methodology behind it), please check it out here. Remember that this
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At Hurling People Now we do not watch a lot of under-18 football. While we love a good bit of local footy, we have neither the time, the money, or the interest to travel 600km to see the nations’ best juniors. What we do have is a spreadsheet. Several in fact.
Continue reading »Strength of Schedule in the 2016 AFL Fixture
It’s AFL fixture time again, and that means plenty of attempts to evaluate the unbalanced AFL fixture and work out who’s got the soft ride and who’s being screwed by a tough draw. This post is our analysis based on a number of Strength of Schedule calculations. If you want
Continue reading »It’s OVER – Saying goodbye to the 2015 AFL Trade Period
After a hectic last day, the 2015 AFL Trade Period is officially over! Here’s a quick “by-the-numbers” look: 37 trades were lodged; 4 Free Agents moved clubs; 3 Compensation picks were generated; 15 trades involved future draft picks; 7 trades involved draft picks alone; 3 trades were made involving more
Continue reading »In Yarran Richmond Trusts #afltrades
Richmond fill one of their most glaring needs at the deadline, and Carlton accumulate another high pick. Carlton value in = 980 points – Pick 19. Richmond value in = 1312 points – Chris Yarran. Verdict – Unfair trade (Richmond gains 332 points of pick and player value, or 1.34
Continue reading »Western Bulldogs all but pay Sydney to take Michael Talia #afltrades
If Sydney do slightly better in 2016 than they did this year, then the Bulldogs have given Talia away for less than nothing. (Feel free to steal that example of a proper if-then statement, Damo) Sydney value in: 1200 points (Michael Talia 815 points, pick 69 – 385 points Western Bulldogs value in: 400
Continue reading »Swapmageddon – Four swaps involving eight clubs and zero players #AFLtrades
Picks fly every which way as clubs align their selections with their draft strategy. Gold Coast has a bet on a Fremantle slide. Sydney value in: 1630 points (pick 36 – 820 points, pick 37 – 810 points) West Coast value in: 940 points (pick 23) Verdict: Theoretically unfair if
Continue reading »Bastinac, Aish and a variety of draft picks change hands near the death #AFLtrades
Collingwood value in: 2756 points – James Aish (1306 points), pick 34 (840 points), pick 53 (610 points). Value out: 3410 points – pick 26 (910 points), pick 28 (890 points), pick 47 (700 points), 2016 2nd rounder ~ pick 26 (910 points). Total = -654 points. North Melbourne value
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