Welcome to the List Management Suite on The Shinboner, exclusive to those on the $5 and $10 Patreon tiers.
For returning subscribers, this will all look familiar, with each feature having its own page to scroll through and play with.
For new subscribers, here are the four features and direct links to each page:
Your one-stop shop for every player’s contract status across the AFL, broken down into team-by-team graphics.
These are all collated from public information: team articles, the AFL website, Superfooty, The Age, and so on.
On each team’s graphic you’ll notice the last update in the top right, and if necessary, a TBD column in the top left. If anything has been missed by yours truly and needs to be updated, please reach out.
In an easily readable graphic, how each team’s list looks when sorted by age.
At the moment every team has a graphic for 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021, with the idea at the end of this year to debut a rolling five-year look at how each team has evolved.
One of my favourite tools to use, highlighting how minutes played by each team are broken down by age.
It’s a great insight to which parts of the list are given responsibility and digs past the standard ‘average age’ and ‘average games’ stats to unveil a little more info.
The last four years are covered from a team-by-team perspective, while the last three years also have league-wide comparisons.
4. Create Your Own Depth Chart
Trying to figure out what your team’s key position depth looks like? Or maybe it’s another team’s on-ball depth and who might be available in trade periods? How about the options available in the midfield?
Here’s where the create your own depth chart tool comes into play. All 18 teams are separated into nine categories, three per ‘line’:
– Forwards: Keys, General, Small
– Midfield: On-ballers, Wingers, Rucks
– Defenders: Keys, General, Small
Every player has their age on their graphic as well, so as you’re playing around, dragging and dropping names here and there, you can get a sense of how the future looks with a team’s current list demographic.