Teen Wolf
Norm Smith Medallist
- Jul 5, 2011
- 8,115
- 8,925
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Afghanistan women's cricket team
The rankings
Volume 3: The new bells and whistles
This being the third instalment of my 100 Most Valuable AFLW Players project ought to automatically indicate a level of humility for which some have hurtfully accused me of lacking in the past. No, I don’t think everything I say about football is unquestionably accurate. If I did, I wouldn’t need to persist with these attempts to correct myself!
I have gone a step further this year to allow for that, assigning Bullet indicators to some of my rankings. This mechanism acknowledges players are complex beings constantly evolving beyond the comprehension of my puny little brain and, in some cases, I’m yet to satisfactorily decide on just how good I think they may turn out to be.
Since the very nature of this list encourages an optimistic outlook on emerging talent—which, in a way, goes against my distaste of seeing the game’s longstanding contributors miss out on their deserving share of credit—I have also added Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Emerald indicators for players who have demonstrated a certain level of quality over time.
What hasn’t changed?
As with previous years, I welcome you all to contribute your thoughts and opinions—be it answering the thread poll, posting your own rankings (even if it’s just a top 5) or wondering aloud about mine. But for the sake of a coherent discussion, please try to keep in mind the following:
What is the point of all this, you nerd/loser?
First of all, this is a football forum. What did you expect to find?
Secondly, look back at the first iteration of the rankings and you'll see they suggested the new teams of 2020 were in for a world of hurt while Brisbane had retained a lot more quality than what was widely reported.
If you think I might’ve been onto something there, perhaps you’ll appreciate this list and next year’s (after which I might retire the concept), given that the general idea is rather relevant to the current expansion era.
Structure and context
In the next post, I will name the players on last year’s list who have missed out this year. I will also select a dozen-or-so honourable mentions.
Then, I will dedicate a post to each team, listing the rankings of those who I consider to be among the 100 MVP. A concise-as-possible rationale for the appraisal of each team’s players will be included, with the aim to avoid repeating myself from past years and eliminate any self-evident descriptions.
All up we’re talking about 4000 words this time around. If you’d like to read an explanation for my ranking of, say, Monique Conti or Ellie Blackburn… well, I don’t have any new words for them at this point, so I encourage you to check out the previous 100 MVP editions (links below).
Links
1st Edition: AFLW’s 100 Most Valuable Players
2nd Edition: AFLW’s 100 Most Valuable Players
Cricket: 100 Most Valuable Women’s Players
Volume 3: The new bells and whistles
This being the third instalment of my 100 Most Valuable AFLW Players project ought to automatically indicate a level of humility for which some have hurtfully accused me of lacking in the past. No, I don’t think everything I say about football is unquestionably accurate. If I did, I wouldn’t need to persist with these attempts to correct myself!
I have gone a step further this year to allow for that, assigning Bullet indicators to some of my rankings. This mechanism acknowledges players are complex beings constantly evolving beyond the comprehension of my puny little brain and, in some cases, I’m yet to satisfactorily decide on just how good I think they may turn out to be.
Since the very nature of this list encourages an optimistic outlook on emerging talent—which, in a way, goes against my distaste of seeing the game’s longstanding contributors miss out on their deserving share of credit—I have also added Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Emerald indicators for players who have demonstrated a certain level of quality over time.
What hasn’t changed?
As with previous years, I welcome you all to contribute your thoughts and opinions—be it answering the thread poll, posting your own rankings (even if it’s just a top 5) or wondering aloud about mine. But for the sake of a coherent discussion, please try to keep in mind the following:
- The idea is to consider players in terms of who would be most desirable to recruit when starting up a new team, based on what you’ve seen at AFLW level.
- If you criticise players from other teams but none from your own, your opinion is boring and it will likely be ridiculed (likewise if you only talk up your own players and none from other teams).
What is the point of all this, you nerd/loser?
First of all, this is a football forum. What did you expect to find?
Secondly, look back at the first iteration of the rankings and you'll see they suggested the new teams of 2020 were in for a world of hurt while Brisbane had retained a lot more quality than what was widely reported.
If you think I might’ve been onto something there, perhaps you’ll appreciate this list and next year’s (after which I might retire the concept), given that the general idea is rather relevant to the current expansion era.
Structure and context
In the next post, I will name the players on last year’s list who have missed out this year. I will also select a dozen-or-so honourable mentions.
Then, I will dedicate a post to each team, listing the rankings of those who I consider to be among the 100 MVP. A concise-as-possible rationale for the appraisal of each team’s players will be included, with the aim to avoid repeating myself from past years and eliminate any self-evident descriptions.
All up we’re talking about 4000 words this time around. If you’d like to read an explanation for my ranking of, say, Monique Conti or Ellie Blackburn… well, I don’t have any new words for them at this point, so I encourage you to check out the previous 100 MVP editions (links below).
Links
1st Edition: AFLW’s 100 Most Valuable Players
2nd Edition: AFLW’s 100 Most Valuable Players
Cricket: 100 Most Valuable Women’s Players
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