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A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Animated Ages and Age Performance Profiles

Posted in Age Profile, Analytics Landscape, Game Analysis, Team Metrics, and Trends and Historic Analysis

Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…

A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – Sydney v GWS Forward Reliance/Leading Areas and Team Ratings

Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Game Analysis, Ratings, Scoring Map, Shot Quality, and Trends and Historic Analysis

Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…

A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – Geelong v Hawthorn Score Involvements and Close Games/SQP

Posted in Analytics Landscape, ExpScore, Game Analysis, Ladder Discussion, Scoring Map, and Team Metrics

Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…

A Fresh Way to Think About Footy – Adelaide v North Some new tools for footy analysis.

Posted in Age Profile, Analytics Landscape, Game Analysis, Scoring Map, Shot Quality, and Team Metrics

Followers of this blog have likely read my thoughts on the lacklustre state of AFL analytics, both inside clubs and throughout media has a whole. The…

2 Things Holding Back Quality Footy Writing and Analysis Analytics Among Fans and the Media (Part 2)

Posted in Analytics Landscape, and Opinion

This is a follow-up article to one I wrote last week about the state of analytics at AFL clubs. That article has been my most…

4 Things Stopping Analytics from Providing AFL Club Success (Part 1) A Look into the Role of Analytics in the AFL

Posted in Analytics Landscape, and Opinion

This post is dedicated to my musings about the footy industry and the role of analytics both now and in the future. There won’t be much…

Match Analysis Using Shot Quality A Review of the Melbourne v Hawthorn Game

Posted in ExpScore, Game Analysis, Scoring Map, and Shot Quality

Last week I introduced a model which can be used to calculate the true quality of any scoring shot taken during a match. This basically quantifies…

A Model to Predict and Rate Shots by Quality Formalising and Parametrising Shot Probability

Posted in ExpScore, Game Analysis, Scoring Map, and Trends and Historic Analysis

A little over a month ago I published some empirical Goal Kicking Accuracy maps that looked at the likelihood of kicking a goal from each…

Goal Kicking Accuracy Maps – ExpScore What's a Shot Worth?

Posted in ExpScore, Game Analysis, and Scoring Map

What this early article refers to as “ExpScore” is now usually referred to as”xScore”. A key component of my FFSS ratings, which are used to…

Are injuries more likely at Etihad? Recorded injuries by ground

Posted in Trends and Historic Analysis

The discussion on whether the surface at Etihad Stadium is unsafe is sure to be in the media again this week after Bulldog Matt Suckling…