The Injury Ladder

kelvin_sheedy · Jul 7, 2009

According to an article in The Age:

INJURY LADDER

Games missed by injury in 2009 for clubs' top-10 players, based on last year's club best-and-fairest.

(AFL ladder position in brackets).

1. Essendon 36 (8th)

2. Melbourne 36 (16th)

3. Fremantle 31 (15th)

4. Richmond 28 (14th)

5. North Melb 21 (13th)

6. Collingwood 20 (4th)

7. Port Adelaide 20 (9th)

8. Hawthorn 16 (11th)

9. Carlton 15 (7th)

10. Geelong 15 (2nd)

11. W Bulldogs 13 (3rd)

12. St Kilda 12 (1st)

13. Brisbane Lions 10 (6th)

14. Adelaide 9 (5th)

15. West Coast 9 (12th)

16. Sydney 3 (10th)

Shows you how well we've done and how poor West Coast and Sydney have been.

Lestat · Jul 7, 2009

kelvin_sheedy said:
According to an article in The Age:

INJURY LADDER

Games missed by injury in 2009 for clubs' top-10 players, based on last year's club best-and-fairest.

(AFL ladder position in brackets).

1. Essendon 36 (8th)

2. Melbourne 36 (16th)

3. Fremantle 31 (15th)

4. Richmond 28 (14th)

5. North Melb 21 (13th)

6. Collingwood 20 (4th)

7. Port Adelaide 20 (9th)

8. Hawthorn 16 (11th)

9. Carlton 15 (7th)

10. Geelong 15 (2nd)

11. W Bulldogs 13 (3rd)

12. St Kilda 12 (1st)

13. Brisbane Lions 10 (6th)

14. Adelaide 9 (5th)

15. West Coast 9 (12th)

16. Sydney 3 (10th)

Shows you how well we've done and how poor West Coast and Sydney have been.

Great...well done. Your on top of the injury ladder. 3 cheers for Essendon. Woo hoo

skzm · Jul 7, 2009

This is obviously a joke - dont you know that the Hawks have had the worst injury run ever....

skzm · Jul 7, 2009

Lestat said:
Great...well done. Your on top of the injury ladder. 3 cheers for Essendon. Woo hoo

Gotta take whatever you can...

wotdoiput · Jul 7, 2009

Well West Coast havent had Beau Waters all year, or half of last year is a pretty big loss for us imo.

JUBJUB · Jul 7, 2009

skzm said:
This is obviously a joke - dont you know that the Hawks have had the worst injury run ever....

and they're the only club that has had injuries.The other 15 clubs have had full lists all year.

1 Million · Jul 7, 2009

considering Ryders influence this year you can take Hilles 9 games away off the 36 total making it 27. Fletcher missed like 7 games but hes crap now anyway making it 20...

This has you in 8th place so suck it up.

DonMania#5 · Jul 7, 2009

1 Million said:
Fletcher missed like 7 games but hes crap now anyway making it 20...

And yet he still destroyed your team..

Boucks09 · Jul 7, 2009

1 Million said:
considering Ryders influence this year you can take Hilles 9 games away off the 36 total making it 27. Fletcher missed like 7 games but hes crap now anyway making it 20...

This has you in 8th place so suck it up.

Ha ha ha ha ha

Is your username in reference to how far off the mark your posts are?

skzm · Jul 7, 2009

1 Million said:
considering Ryders influence this year you can take Hilles 9 games away off the 36 total making it 27. .

If there's anyone we're taking off the 36 it is not Hille...

speedy · Jul 7, 2009

It's to simplistic just to base it on your top 10 from last year. What about players that have missed a lot of footy last year and this year? You can add 14 games that Jesse Smith has missed to norths tally.

AG · Jul 7, 2009

Damn we're good. Only Bolton missing 2 and McVeigh 1, yet we still suck.

Barnzy · Jul 7, 2009

2. Melbourne 36 (16th)

3. Fremantle 31 (15th)

4. Richmond 28 (14th)

5. North Melb 21 (13th)

Coiencidence?

Daytripper · Jul 7, 2009

1 Million said:
considering Ryders influence this year you can take Hilles 9 games away off the 36 total making it 27. Fletcher missed like 7 games but hes crap now anyway making it 20...

This has you in 8th place so suck it up.

We could even drill it down finer to the top 5 B&F from last year.

Blues had Judd, Fev, Murphy, Gibbs and Carazzo in their top 5 last year.

Of those 5 players, the only player to have missed games this season is Carazzo with 8. The others have played every match this year.

Which begs the question. How bad would they be if they lost Judd or Fev for an extended period ?

Winner · Jul 7, 2009

Barnzy said:
2. Melbourne 36 (16th)

3. Fremantle 31 (15th)

4. Richmond 28 (14th)

5. North Melb 21 (13th)

Coiencidence?

No. This ladder just highlights who has better depth, clearly Essendon and Collingwood have fantastic depth.

Lazarus · Jul 7, 2009

speedy said:
It's to simplistic just to base it on your top 10 from last year. What about players that have missed a lot of footy last year and this year? You can add 14 games that Jesse Smith has missed to norths tally.

Agreed. And Robbie Tarrant's shoulder reco? Also, you ahve to consider the importance of the player to the team (eg. injury to Boomer Harvey > injury to Cruize Garlett)

r_boy · Jul 7, 2009

You just invented this bullshit criteria so Essendon would be on top didn't you?

bOmBeR_BoY1 · Jul 7, 2009

r_boy said:
You just invented this bullshit criteria so Essendon would be on top didn't you?

lol.

No, it's actually correct -

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rf...per-at-halftime/2009/07/06/1246732284751.html

Was in The Age this morning. Scroll to the bottom of that article in the link provided.

Speaks volumes that Essendon are still in the top 8 with the amount of crucial players that have missed extended spells of football. Every club is quick to point to the amount of injuries on their list - but these particular statistics unpack this myth further by outlining injuries of actual importance.

North are usually quick to talk up their injury list throughout the year that has consisted of mostly untried youngsters. Their 13th position on the ladder justifies just about where they are in terms of the competition.

Big Blow Hard · Jul 7, 2009

r_boy said:
You just invented this bullshit criteria so Essendon would be on top didn't you?

For sure. We are going for back to back injury minor premierships.

lamaros · Jul 7, 2009

r_boy said:
You just invented this bullshit criteria so Essendon would be on top didn't you?

And got a job at The Age just to give it some wider coverage!

Ari · Jul 7, 2009

1 Million said:
considering Ryders influence this year you can take Hilles 9 games away off the 36 total making it 27. Fletcher missed like 7 games but hes crap now anyway making it 20...

This has you in 8th place so suck it up.

So you know very little about football don't you?

Ryder going to the ruck takes run away from Essendon in the back half.

You would be better to add another "Essendon are sh1t" comment than one which proves how little you know about football.

zaharakamania · Jul 7, 2009

dont usually pay much attention to stats but that is quite amazing really

promising group coming together :thumbsu:

hcd199 · Jul 7, 2009

This ladder doesn't take into account players who didn't play last year, particularly new players. Add Ziebell, Wright and Warren to North's tally.

Trjn · Jul 7, 2009

Interesting stat, but I'd like to see what it looks like if you take into account games missed by players who are considered part of the best 22, because that would be a better representation of depth.

bOmBeR_BoY1 · Jul 7, 2009

Trjn said:
Interesting stat, but I'd like to see what it looks like if you take into account games missed by players who are considered part of the best 22, because that would be a better representation of depth.

So players still on AFL lists this year who were top 10 B&F finishers in 2008 are not considered part of a best 22 of any team? Staggering comment.

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