For arguably the first time, eyes are on Gold Coast. Serious eyes, not patronising ones.
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The 2024 AFL Continuity Rankings
Welcome to the third annual AFL continuity rankings, the first step in putting together team profiles for a season.
From The Notebook, Round 16: The limits of Gold Coast’s ball use, pros and cons of Essendon’s shell, Expected Score leaders
There are only two and a half games between fourth and 15th on the ladder, with eight rounds remaining. It makes nearly every game, every week, high stakes for at least one of the teams involved and it was no different over the weekend. Today’s Notebook covers three topics: the limits of Gold Coast’s ball … Continue reading From The Notebook, Round 16: The limits of Gold Coast’s ball use, pros and cons of Essendon’s shell, Expected Score leaders
From The Notebook, Round 15: Melbourne’s regression in front of goal, Adelaide’s third quarter, resetting after the byes
We’ve made it – we’re finally at the end of the bye rounds.
From The Notebook, Round 6: Status updates
At about this time of year there are a few teams I haven’t checked in on properly.
From The Notebook, Round 4: Trends from the first month
A month into the season feels like enough time for some trends to be established.
2023 AFL Team Tiers
While everyone is making ladder predictions, I’m taking the easy way out and grouping teams into tiers.
Predicting over/unders for every AFL team’s 2023 win total
Unlock with PatreonThe 2023 AFL Continuity Rankings
Welcome to the second annual AFL continuity rankings; figuring out which teams carry over the most (and least) minutes from their 2022 side into 2023.
2022 Trade Analysis: Tom Berry, Gold Coast
Berry, betting on himself after four years spent largely at state level for Brisbane, makes his way to the Suns where they see him as a pressure forward.