2019 Draw rankings as per Champion Data

[bzparkes]

So AFL.com.au has the rankings for the draw so far. Some intersting conclusions to be drawn for certain teams, especially the top 4;

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-05/whos-had-the-hardest-draw-whos-got-the-best-run-home

Of course, it's easy to judge in hindsight as certain teams expected to rise endded up falling and vice versa. Interesting run home for some teams, especially Hawthorn. Can the Saints put a few more wins on the board?

 

[Max zero]

It's all messed up because Melbourne have got from top 4 to a legit bottom 4 side. Combine that with the surge of Brisbane and its easy to see why its all messed up.

Shows the folly of trying to use the fixture as an equalisation method.

 

[Shane Heard]

I’d rather trust the squiggle ..where is the squiggle this year?

 

[bzparkes]

It's all messed up because Melbourne have got from top 4 to a legit bottom 4 side. Combine that with the surge of Brisbane and its easy to see why its all messed up.

Shows the folly of trying to use the fixture as an equalisation method.

Pretty much. Should be 17 round seasons where the H&A alternates every year.

 

[M Malice]

Pretty much. Should be 17 round seasons where the H&A alternates every year.

18 rounds IMO, play each other once + play your derby/showdown/Bridge/Qclash/big Melbourne rivalries as the extra fixture so there are 2 of these meetings every year.

 

[PowerForGood]

It's all messed up because Melbourne have got from top 4 to a legit bottom 4 side. Combine that with the surge of Brisbane and its easy to see why its all messed up.

Shows the folly of trying to use the fixture as an equalisation method.

Hindsight is wonderful. Helps us make much better decisions.

You should use that when surveying people about whether their life insurance premiums have been worth the money.

 

[HurleyHepsHird]

So AFL.com.au has the rankings for the draw so far. Some intersting conclusions to be drawn for certain teams, especially the top 4;

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-05/whos-had-the-hardest-draw-whos-got-the-best-run-home

Of course, it's easy to judge in hindsight as certain teams expected to rise endded up falling and vice versa. Interesting run home for some teams, especially Hawthorn. Can the Saints put a few more wins on the board?

Geelong with the dream run.

 

[bzparkes]

18 rounds IMO, play each other once + play your derby/showdown/Bridge/Qclash/big Melbourne rivalries as the extra fixture so there are 2 of these meetings every year.

That would certainly go towards satisfying the league's thirst for cash.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Shows WC performance so far is actually very good and should be 2nd at least on the ladder (If draw was equal)

 

[bzparkes]

Shows WC performance so far is actually very good and should be 2nd at least on the ladder (If draw was equal)

Shouldn't have shat the bed vs Brisbane and Port and we would be. Hopefully wil come home with a wet sail in the second half of the season.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Suggests that Geelong will get found out in September again. Which is a shame because I would like to see Ablett go out with one last flag.

Also suggests that if Dew can keep his group together then the Suns might be a team to look out for in 2020.

And perhaps Sydney are not quite as bad as it looks 'on paper'. Been stooged a bit by the draw this year.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Shouldn't have shat the bed vs Brisbane and Port and we would be. Hopefully wil come home with a wet sail in the second half of the season.

Easier draw and it's vs Carlton and North instead of Brisbane/Port and it's 2 wins. That was my point

 

[Square Peg]

This is why 17-5 makes a lot more sense than the current way they do the fixture. At least with 17-5, the 5 is based on this year's form not last year's.

 

[Hamingja]

Apparently we were going to lose our first 7 games this year because of a tough draw.....

We finished 8th last year and got our double up games against 4th, 6th, 9th, 12th & 13th from last year which is about right for a middling team.

All those teams sucking this year is outside of the control of the fixture.

 

[W.C. Fry]

Grain of salt on the draw so far section.

Geelong's draw so far looks easier because they defeated the teams they played.... basically dropping those teams down the rankings. If Geelong lost all their games their draw so far would be rated harder. That's why on the whole the teams who have won more games seem to have an easier draw and the teams with less wins have a harder one.

Take more out of the fixture ranking of games left.