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Roostorm said:
Found this trending today....no wonder fans are p$$## about the fluffy feather whack they have received.
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Also has been conveniently forgotten by the media that Geelong were clearly breaching the salary cap with Chris Scott's "employment" at Morris Financial (a completely new role btw, made up just for him). They investigated, determined it was a breach of cap rules, then made the cats put part/all of the payment towards the soft cap. No other consequences. Then they change the rules the next year to allow 20% of head coach wage to be outside the soft cap - wonder how close that 20% comes to the Morris Finance offer...

So a series of financial reporting breaches for 14 years (8 above + new ones are 6 more) plus a serious soft cap breach. It's a clear pattern for a team that seems to have an uncanny ability to stay a contender and attract talent at reduced salaries...

The cats fans are saying "wait until the other clubs get audited". They do. Every 3 years there's a detailed audit of each team.
 

Champion Data’s game-changing optical tracking technology to revolutionise AFL
A bold move from Champion Data to advance into the next frontier of data and analysis will transform the way football can be viewed. Go behind the secret trials — and see what’s next.

Glenn McFarlane


Champion Data will move into “the next frontier” of data and analysis by introducing optical tracking technology for the 2026 AFL season.

In a bold move described as a game-changer for players, coaches, clubs and footy fans, the AFL’s official stats partner will use multiple cameras to accurately detect where the ball is at all times on the ground, unlocking a range of never-before-recorded measurements.

Champion Data secretly trialled the system at the MCG and Marvel Stadium during the 2025 season and is working to have it in place for the AFL’s Opening Round next year.

It will retain its manual data analysts on game days, as it has since Champion Data’s inaugural 1999 season, but it will also have a dedicated AI team to help elevate its data to the next level.

Optical tracking technology is set to be a game-changer. Picture: Michael Klein

Champion Data’s lead analyst Daniel Hoyne said the move was the most exciting development in the company’s history.

“This would be the biggest change in Champion Data’s history,” Hoyne said.

“This is the new frontier of data analysis in games … our whole philosophy as a business has been to tell the story of the game.

“This has been the missing link in us being able to tell that story better and more accurately.

“Optical tracking is how Premier League and the NBA do a lot of their data capture. It has never been done in the AFL system, but we are stepping into that space.”

AFL clubs have long pushed for more information to understand player skill levels in greater detail as well as the decision-making of players in real time, to assist in coaching and development.

Some clubs, including Hawthorn, have tried to replicate this during training sessions using drones, but have been unable to do it on game days.

The data would be available to within a second and within an accuracy of 10cm.


The new measurements which could be used for the first time include kicking analysis, marking skills, defensive and offensive setups, decision-making, the time and space used by players, time spent ahead of and behind the ball, as well as the number of contests attended.
It could also be used in injury prevention strategies for clubs.

“We will still capture what we always have, but this will take us to the next level,” Hoyne said.
“For 27 seasons of Champion Data capturing everything, we have constantly been asked by clubs, ‘Can you tell us how many contests our forwards get to, or how many contests our defenders get to?’ We’ve never been able to do it before, but we will be able to do it now.

“We will be able to look at kick trajectories ... so we will be able to see how low and fast Dayne Zorko kicks the ball compared to other half-back flankers who kick it long and high.

“And when players are going for a bullet pass low and hard, what are their success rates?

“We will be able to see the start of the evolution of the game as well from a skills perspective … Are the skills actually improving and is goalkicking actually improving?

“Then we will be able to see from a marking perspective ... How high does Jeremy Howe get when he marks the ball, and does he mark on his chest or with his hands out.”

NEW FRONTIER​

Early data from selected 2025 AFL games via Champion Data.

BIGGEST BENDS FROM SHOTS AT GOAL​

MARCUS BONTEMPELLI (WB)
R22 v Melbourne
Bent it 2.96m

JAKE MELKSHAM (MELB)
R22 v Western Bulldogs
Bent it 2.48m

MARC PITTONET (CARL)
R18 v Brisbane Lions
Bent it 2.38m


HIGHEST KICKS​

CALLUM AH CHEE (BRIS)
R7 v St Kilda
Max height 24.55m

MATTHEW KENNEDY (WB)
R6 v St Kilda
Max height 24.27m

CAM RAYNER (BRIS)
R21 v Collingwood
Max height 23.28m


FASTEST KICKS (50+ metres)​

MASSIMO D’AMBROSIO (HAW)
R20 v Carlton
21.75m per second

NASIAH WANGANEEN-MILERA (STK)
R7 v Brisbane Lions
21.68m per second

MITCH HINGE (ADEL)
R16 v Richmond
21.60m per second

Hoyne said one of the most exciting innovations would be the capacity to analyse the time and space players find themselves during games.

“For forever and a day, we have spoken about Scott Pendlebury … and now we can actually see how much space he has, how he gets himself out of traffic,” Hoyne said.

“We can look at the role players play. You look at a guy like Ollie Dempsey as a winger and how often he is ahead of the ball. Then if you are an opposition club coming up against Dempsey, you can look at ways to stop that from happening.”

Champion Data dipped its toe into the tracking market this year when it helped set up the Telstra Touch and Track device for vision-impaired footy fans.

In a first of its kind in AFL football, it provided data that tracked the in-game ball movement on a handheld device to within 10 centimetres, with a triggered vibration for scores.
 

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Really! Which of Jeremy Cameron's 11 goals against us in 2025 helped with that conclusion.

He had a great GF though. I think between the GF and his game against us he averaged 5.5 goals a game.
 

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Watching good defence in any sport is extremely satisfying. Being part of a good defensive moment in any sport is extremely satisfying.

I cannot fathom why it isn't valued at our club. These Trade Radio w***ers may be w***ers, but they are correct in their assessment
 
King Hansen said:
Daniel won a premiership playing in defence. How is he the issue?
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It’s interesting, Colby’s one on one defending when he’s back there borders on embarrassing at times but he doesn’t seem to get the same level of criticism.
 
desie said:
It’s interesting, Colby’s one on one defending when he’s back there borders on embarrassing at times but he doesn’t seem to get the same level of criticism.
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That's probably because a) Colby does not have experience in the back half (unless you want to tell me that 39 games in this team translates to however many bloody games Daniels played in the Dogs' defensive system), and b) Colby does things with the ball that Daniels can only dream of
 
zoomba23 said:
That's probably because a) Colby does not have experience in the back half, and b) Colby does things with the ball that Daniels can only dream of
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Sure.

Neither of these things change the fact that his defending is putrid in a team that needs to get significantly better in that area.

Neither should play back there.
 
desie said:
Sure.

Neither of these things change the fact that his defending is putrid in a team that needs to get significantly better in that area.

Neither should play back there.
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Take it up with the list management team that continually neglects the position of running half-back, despite it becoming a trend in the early 2010s
 

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zoomba23 said:
Take it up with the list management team that continually neglects the position of running half-back, despite it becoming a trend in the early 2010s
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Ideally we get Hardeman and Goater up and running but at least half of that seems like a pipe dream.
 
King Hansen said:
Daniel won a premiership playing in defence. How is he the issue?
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-games changed,
-isnt surounded by a premiership backline rather blokes lie Loge and core,
-cant defend.
-cant clear defence as a distributer
-turns it over or puts receiver under immediate pressre.
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he isnt THE issue but definitely part of it,
 
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