Was looking at the AFL experts predictions, and they've all put a line through us already. I'm a little more optimistic, but then I realised how hard it is to actually pick the ladder and get any team in the exact position. And then I had a thought for a system to judge how well you did. Feel free to get your selection in before the opening bounce of the season. Figured I'd keep it to home and away, with GF winner & runner-up selections as bonus points to keep it interesting.
SCORING
* exact ladder position = 5 points. * within 1 position either way = 4 points. * within 2 positions either way = 3 points. * witihin 3 positions either way = 2 points. * within 4 positions either way = 1 point. * GF premiers = 10 points. * GF runner-up = 5 points.
I've only just thought of this idea, and the first bounce is not far away, so i've literally put 10 minutes thought into it, but time is running out, so I can't dilly dally. I admit it might be a little optimistic - but here it is
1 GWS 2 adelaide 3 richmond 4 port 5 geelong 6 melbourne 7 sydney 8 western bulldogs 9 essendon 10 st kilda 11 west coast 12 carlton 13 fremantle 14 hawthorn 15 collingwood 16 gold coast 17 brisbane 18 north melbourne
Our list was widely recognised as being unbalanced in terms of age and ability going back a few years. Just thought I'd try my hand at putting something together, and seeing what people think. I'll do it by player number order. Age is a roughy, simply subtracting year of birth from 2017. For their ratings, it was done pretty quick and dirty, and is open for discussion. A bit of gut feel applied to how much impact they had this year (a combo of ability, games played, injury etc...). And then having a guess at how they'll progress in the next 2 years.
Player Age Games 2017 2018 2019+ Potential J Silvagni 20 28 C B B M Murphy 30 236 A A B Sammo 19 20 C B A Simmo 33 286 B B C Kreuz 28 161 A A A Cripper 22 59 B A A Big H 20 2 D C B Sam K 24 59 C C C Boeky 24 25 C B B Jed 25 48 C B B Liam 26 95 B A A Doc 24 92 A A A Billie 25 47 D B B Rowey 30 82 C D C Plow 23 60 B B B Marchy 21 23 B B A Weiters 20 42 C B A Fishboy 19 17 C B B Harrison 19 8 C C B Cunners 20 11 C B A Polson 19 1 D C C Charlie 20 27 B A A Willo 19 15 C B B Nick 23 38 C C C Pickett 21 10 C B A Phillips 26 31 D C B Ed 28 122 C B B Kerr 19 0 D C C Byrne 23 15 D C B Daisy 30 218 B B C Levi 27 94 B B B Whitey 29 87 C C C Wrighty 28 138 B B B
JGM 20 0 D C C Kym 19 0 D C C ASOS 30 60 C B C
Lang 21 44 n/a B B Lobbe 28 92 n/a C C BamBam 20 19 n/a B A