AFL Player #21: Dyson Heppell aka Farnsy

[Lore]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 27, Highly Evolved

 

[faible]

Merrett at 70, Dys inside the Top 50.

 

[ant555]

Based on measured stats alone . Having a great year.

 

[ant555]

Merrett at 70, Dys inside the Top 50.

Yep based on their measured stats and nothing else and we all know footy games are not won on just stats.

 

[pepsi]

Yep based on their measured stats and nothing else and we all know footy games are not won on just stats.

Nothing against Dyson who is having a good year so far, but how can anyone take this statistical measurement seriously when you have Merrett ranked in the 70s and Heppell top 50?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Yep not surprised, great work Dys.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Yep based on their measured stats and nothing else and we all know footy games are not won on just stats.

Yes they are, whoever has the highest score stat wins the game!

 

[Rick Ross]

What the Champion Data guy said on SEN in his “who the coaches missed segment” -


Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

“Some love for Dyson Heppell. He was the highest rated player for Essendon on the weekend and didn’t get a vote.

“He is actually in the top 50 players in the competition this year with the impact he’s had.”

“That’s the best return we’ve seen from Dyson for the last 10 years.”

Who they missed: The four players who were overlooked by the coaches in Round 10

Who did the coaches miss?

www.sen.com.au

 

[katana]

Yep not surprised, great work Dys.

you're not surprised dyson heppell is rated in the top 50 players in the comp? not even a little?

 

[ant555]

Nothing against Dyson who is having a good year so far, but how can anyone take this statistical measurement seriously when you have Merrett ranked in the 70s and Heppell top 50?

Like I have said a few times. They do stats . They release a stats based list . They do not claim it to be anything else .
Stats are simply part of the picture . Use them in context and they are fine.

 

[ant555]

you're not surprised dyson heppell is rated in the top 50 players in the comp? not even a little?

Based on stats alone no .

 

[brain taylor]

Yes they are, whoever has the highest score stat wins the game!

spot on kingy

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Ok I've got to ask, who is Farnsy??

 

[Beerfish]

Ok I've got to ask, who is Farnsy??

He's the voice. Try and understand it.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

you're not surprised dyson heppell is rated in the top 50 players in the comp? not even a little?

Not surprised the stats back up what I’ve watched that he’s playing very well in a number of key areas.

The exact rank etc is not what I’m focusing on with my comment, top 50 is a little rich.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

He's the voice. Try and understand it.

If you're going to make a noise, can you make it clear? Who the **** is Farnsy?

 

[Beerfish]

If you're going to make a noise, can you make it clear? Who the heck is Farnsy?

 

[Kong]

You're not gonna sit in silence?

 

[Vindicater]

Like I have said a few times. They do stats . They release a stats based list . They do not claim it to be anything else .
Stats are simply part of the picture . Use them in context and they are fine.

And as has been said a few times back to you, they have collected stats and then created a model which values certain stats more than others.

This is fine. That is partly what they are paid to do (statistical analysis).

However their model should be (and is) ridiculed when it throws up Dyson Heppell as a more impactful player than Zac Merrett this season.

And yes, this list has been stated as the list of players who have the largest impacts on games.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

the rating/ranking is wholly arbitrary, but i think he’s broadly been a consistently well performing member of our side. in comparison to previous seasons where he’s been ineffective, he’s played the role extremely well so far this year

 

[Zach Package]

I don’t have much interest in what some sabremetrics poindexter has to say.

He’s covering the ground miles better than he was 18 months ago and playing better accordingly.

A victory for spending a shitload of money on myotherapy

 

[Blind Turn]

Big shout out to the understated, coolheaded role that he played tonight. How many watching would realise that he had 26 near-perfect disposals? Safe marks under pressure and no doubt steering the positioning of our defenders. Won’t get votes, but perhaps he should.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

If he stopped handballing and kicking to ground and hit targets either directly or in front of them to run onto he’d be elite. Still does a lot of good things though.