You may have noticed that towards the later half of this season I haven’t been posting as regularly. On top of the usual “I’ve been…
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Statistical Analysis of What's What in the AFL.
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You may have noticed that towards the later half of this season I haven’t been posting as regularly. On top of the usual “I’ve been…
Posted in ExpScore, Scoring Map, Shot Quality, and xScore
Round 23 will be long remembered for the “live ladder” fueled drama on Sunday evening which saw West Coast creep into the eight at the…
Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Shot Quality, Team Analysis, Team Metrics, and xScore
Graphs in this post were inspired by an MLS article by Kevin Shank which was sent to me by @insightlane Kicking a winning score is all…
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For the fourth week in a row, a player has missed a potential match-winning shot with the last kick of the game. Isaac Smith relived…
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The injury to Josh Kennedy is dragging on. With Adam Simpson ruling out the two-time Coleman medalist from the Eagles’ elimination final rematch with the…
Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Player Tracking, Scoring Map, Team Analysis, and xScore
Jake Stringer Marcus Bontempelli Lachie Hunter Liam Picken Clay Smith Bob Murphy Tom Boyd This is a list of the Western Bulldog’s top seven goalkickers…
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I spend a fair bit of time here developing ratings to compare team quality beyond their simple win/loss record. But I’ll let you in on…
Only 41 times in the last 10 years has a player kicked 8 or more goals in a game. Last Sunday against Brisbane, Buddy Franklin…
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As seems to happen more often than not these days, the frantic, high scoring pace of the first couple of rounds has started to wear…
Posted in Analytics Landscape, Shot Quality, Team Analysis, and Team Metrics
Player skills can be tough to compare. How do we work out the best player the league at taking the ball out of a pack?…