AGGREGATE: Strength of Schedule 2018 (Who has the hardest fixture)

Always Ballin

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Source: Footyology

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Source: Matterofstats

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The formula
Playing the same club twice: points are allocated in reverse PROJECTED* ladder order (eg. Adelaide 18 points, Sydney 17 points, GWS 16 points) then added together.

Six day breaks or less time between matches (2 points per game, per club)

Consecutive six day breaks (2 in a row = 5 points)

Road trips: 2 points per long trip (eg. Victoria-WA, Victoria-Queensland, Victoria-NT, WA-anywhere, Queensland-WA, Queensland-Victoria,
Queensland-SA, etc). 1 point for shorter trips

Home state team versus interstate team: 3 points for 10+ games, 4 points for 8-9 games, 5 points for 6-7 games, 6 points for 4-5 games, 7 points for 1-3 games

*PROJECTED LADDER
(based on odds)

Adelaide, Sydney, GWS Giants, Richmond, Geelong, Port Adelaide, Essendon, Melbourne, Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Hawthorn, West Coast, St Kilda, Fremantle, Carlton, Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, North Melbourne
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...nier-days-for-gold-coast-20171031-gzc0b5.html

West Coast appears to be the toughest schedule across the board.

Other teams with tough draws include Adelaide, Richmond, Essendon, GWS. Collingwood has one of the easiest.
 

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Why do 6 clubs have 5x consecutive 6-day breaks and everyone else has none?

Surely that can't be right
 

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Why do 6 clubs have 5x consecutive 6-day breaks and everyone else has none?

Surely that can't be right
Yeah must be an issue. Youde have to play monday night then sunday, sat, friday, thursday and then finally a wednesday all in a row to have 5 of those consecutively.
 
Why do 6 clubs have 5x consecutive 6-day breaks and everyone else has none?

Surely that can't be right

It's not, try reading the whole post.
 
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So much for teams draws the following year depending on which 3rd of the ladder you finish in.

Last year our draw was rated 3rd-hardest by Champion Data going into the season- despite the fact we finished in the middle third the year before, and hadn't played finals for years- and this year we again look to have one of the 4 or 5 hardest draws, despite finishing even lower the year before this time (11th- in the bottom third of the middle third).

The system (that's supposed to give the best teams from the season before the hardest draws and vice-versa) ain't working the way it's supposed to when a team that hasn't played finals for years gets one of the hardest draws two years in a row.
 
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Topkent

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What a sook thread. Playing Sydney and Hawthorn last year in the first 4 rounds would have been considered hard and playing Richmond twice would have been considered easy.

I'm not surprised old mates having a sook though he's sooked it up about everything else on this website
 

PowerForGood

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I dont get this bit.

Home state team versus interstate team: 3 points for 10+ games, 4 points for 8-9 games, 5 points for 6-7 games, 6 points for 4-5 games, 7 points for 1-3 games

Having a home state advantage for half your games constitutes an "easier draw", so how does having a "away state disadvantage" for the other half of games not constitute a harder draw, thereby balancing out?
 
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What a sook thread. Playing Sydney and Hawthorn last year in the first 4 rounds would have been considered hard and playing Richmond twice would have been considered easy.

I'm not surprised old mates having a sook though he's sooked it up about everything else on this website
Why are you whinging about stats being posted?
He didn't make them up.
 
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What a sook thread. Playing Sydney and Hawthorn last year in the first 4 rounds would have been considered hard and playing Richmond twice would have been considered easy.

I'm not surprised old mates having a sook though he's sooked it up about everything else on this website

A bit like every Melbourne thread at the end of last season. Swings and roundabouts.
 

Furn2

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I dont get this bit.

Home state team versus interstate team: 3 points for 10+ games, 4 points for 8-9 games, 5 points for 6-7 games, 6 points for 4-5 games, 7 points for 1-3 games

Having a home state advantage for half your games constitutes an "easier draw", so how does having a "away state disadvantage" for the other half of games not constitute a harder draw, thereby balancing out?

2 points for long away trips, 1 for shorter trips.
 
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