Just wanted to raise a symbolic toast to the AA selectors.
would like you all to charge your middle fingers...
I have just realised this august body known as the AA selection panel has pulled off the impossible.
Allow me to explain something I have only just realised. I must have almost realised this so many times before, but, better late than never.
I am going to split the AFL playing community into 2 cohorts here.
Cohort 1 - has played AFL football for the Geelong Football Club in the 21st century. Due to some swapping of players between clubs I am going to guess this cohort forms roughly 7% of the total AFL football population this century. It may not be exactly 7% but it will be pretty close to that.
Cohort 2 - has not played for the Geelong FC this century. This cohort forms roughly 93% of the AFL football playing population in any given period.
We need a bit of background here. We live in an environment of equalisation here, salary caps, progressively preferential drafting order for new recruits. So we sort of expect about 7% of the best players in the competition to have played for each club. Some clubs for different reasons have done better than others, so let's say if a club shot the lights out they may double their quota and end up with 15% of the very best players over a whole generation.
Why I really wanted to salute the AA selection panel is for pulling off the following with absolutely zero scrutiny from anybody bar me.
Best 4 midfielders this century according to AA selectors:
cohort 1(have played for Geelong FC) - 3
cohort 2(have not played for Geelong FC) - 1
Best 3 defenders:
cohort 1 - 3
cohort 2 - nil
That's right, exactly zero of the best 3 defenders this century played for 17 other clubs that were not Geelong FC.
Best 2 forwards:
cohort 1 - 1
cohort 2 - 1
So these 9 footballers that go to make up the best 4 mids, best 3 defenders, and best 2 forwards are basically made up from:
Geelong FC 7(from 7% of the playing community)
Every other FC 2(Judd and Franklin, from 93% of the playing community)
Just ******* LOL
would like you all to charge your middle fingers...
I have just realised this august body known as the AA selection panel has pulled off the impossible.
Allow me to explain something I have only just realised. I must have almost realised this so many times before, but, better late than never.
I am going to split the AFL playing community into 2 cohorts here.
Cohort 1 - has played AFL football for the Geelong Football Club in the 21st century. Due to some swapping of players between clubs I am going to guess this cohort forms roughly 7% of the total AFL football population this century. It may not be exactly 7% but it will be pretty close to that.
Cohort 2 - has not played for the Geelong FC this century. This cohort forms roughly 93% of the AFL football playing population in any given period.
We need a bit of background here. We live in an environment of equalisation here, salary caps, progressively preferential drafting order for new recruits. So we sort of expect about 7% of the best players in the competition to have played for each club. Some clubs for different reasons have done better than others, so let's say if a club shot the lights out they may double their quota and end up with 15% of the very best players over a whole generation.
Why I really wanted to salute the AA selection panel is for pulling off the following with absolutely zero scrutiny from anybody bar me.
Best 4 midfielders this century according to AA selectors:
cohort 1(have played for Geelong FC) - 3
cohort 2(have not played for Geelong FC) - 1
Best 3 defenders:
cohort 1 - 3
cohort 2 - nil
That's right, exactly zero of the best 3 defenders this century played for 17 other clubs that were not Geelong FC.
Best 2 forwards:
cohort 1 - 1
cohort 2 - 1
So these 9 footballers that go to make up the best 4 mids, best 3 defenders, and best 2 forwards are basically made up from:
Geelong FC 7(from 7% of the playing community)
Every other FC 2(Judd and Franklin, from 93% of the playing community)
Just ******* LOL
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