It was largely blowout city or thrilling finish in Round 7, with three topics picked out for this week’s Notebook.
Category: Port Adelaide
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.
From The Notebook, Round 1: Power movement, Bulldogs’ Groundhog Day, and Rossball in effect
Round 1 had some surprising results, standout performances, and arguably confirmation the league is indeed trending towards a more offensive-based product.
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
From The Notebook: 2023 Practice Matches
Today’s topics: Fremantle’s marking forwards, Port Adelaide’s disconnect, taking time to learn about Essendon and the improvement of GWS and Adelaide.
The 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 Period Analysis: Jason Horne-Francis & Junior Rioli, Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide have made out like bandits, trading pick 8, their 2023 first round selection, and some loose change from the side of the couch...
Look Back/Look Ahead: Port Adelaide
At the start of 2022 I was adamant Port Adelaide were on the right track with their list build, but with external expectations being too high they were in the perfect place for criticism.