North Melbourne now the second youngest team in the AFL

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

What a difference a year makes...

We have gone from the most experienced team by age and games played in 2016, to second youngest and fifth least experienced by games in 2017, only ahead of the Lions.

AFL Clubs Experience by Age

Age Rank Club Avg Age 2016 Avg Age 2016 Age Rank
1st West Coast 25.0 years 24.2 years 4th
2nd GWS Giants 24.6 years 23.4 years 17th
3rd Hawthorn 24.6 years 24.2 years 5th
4th Fremantle 24.4 years 25.0 years 3rd
5th Essendon 24.4 years 25.0 years 2nd
6th Adelaide 24.0 years 24.0 years 8th
7th Richmond 24.0 years 23.8 years 11th
8th Collingwood 23.9 years 24.0 years 10th
9th St Kilda 23.9 years 23.6 years 14th
10th Western Bulldogs 23.9 years 23.6 years 13th
11th Geelong 23.9 years 24.2 years 6th
12th Gold Coast Suns 23.9 years 23.5 years 15th
13th Melbourne 23.9 years 23.5 years 16th
14th Carlton 23.9 years 24.0 years 7th
15th Port Adelaide 23.9 years 24.0 years 9th
16th Sydney 23.8 years 23.7 years 12th
17th North Melbourne 23.7 years 25.2 years 1st
18th Brisbane Lions 22.8 years 22.6 years 18th


https://www.bigfooty.com/news/2016/11/how-experienced-is-your-afl-club-in-2017/

 

[tazaa]

Giants are going to make a mockery of the league the rest of the decade

 

[Twinkletoes]

Giants are going to make a mockery of the league the rest of the decade

What a bloody hoot that'll be.

 

[tazaa]

What a bloody hoot that'll be.

They added Deledio and Taranto to their prelim team. Pretty rediculous.

 

[big_e]

GWS are so old - surely they must be about to fall off a cliff. #bflogicisinconsistent

 

[Mav]

0.3 years between 6th and 17th. That's a total of 13 years over the entire list. F*** all really.

 

[Orange Peanut]

What a difference a year makes...

We have gone from the most experienced team by age and games played in 2016, to second youngest and fifth least experienced by games in 2017, only ahead of the Lions.

AFL Clubs Experience by Age

Age Rank Club Avg Age 2016 Avg Age 2016 Age Rank
1st West Coast 25.0 years 24.2 years 4th
2nd GWS Giants 24.6 years 23.4 years 17th
3rd Hawthorn 24.6 years 24.2 years 5th
4th Fremantle 24.4 years 25.0 years 3rd
5th Essendon 24.4 years 25.0 years 2nd
6th Adelaide 24.0 years 24.0 years 8th
7th Richmond 24.0 years 23.8 years 11th
8th Collingwood 23.9 years 24.0 years 10th
9th St Kilda 23.9 years 23.6 years 14th
10th Western Bulldogs 23.9 years 23.6 years 13th
11th Geelong 23.9 years 24.2 years 6th
12th Gold Coast Suns 23.9 years 23.5 years 15th
13th Melbourne 23.9 years 23.5 years 16th
14th Carlton 23.9 years 24.0 years 7th
15th Port Adelaide 23.9 years 24.0 years 9th
16th Sydney 23.8 years 23.7 years 12th
17th North Melbourne 23.7 years 25.2 years 1st
18th Brisbane Lions 22.8 years 22.6 years 18th


https://www.bigfooty.com/news/2016/11/how-experienced-is-your-afl-club-in-2017/

If we take Drew back, do we swap positions with West Coast?

 

[Roozee]

 

[Hydrurga]

By Bigfooty standards, we are a lock for top 4.

 

[Firestarter]

By Bigfooty standards, we are a lock for top 4.

I read the table wrong ...

WB being 13th and going all the way could be taken as a positive sign for those standards.

 

[Le Grille]

I read the table wrong ...

WB being 13th and going all the way could be taken as a positive sign for those standards.

One isolated incident does not a trend make

Remember Hawthorn would have been top5 in terms of age and won the preceding 3 flags, SYdney befre that would not have been that young.

 

[Firestarter]

One isolated incident does not a trend make

Remember Hawthorn would have been top5 in terms of age and won the preceding 3 flags, SYdney befre that would not have been that young.

Well yeah. I forgot to add my scathing assessment of BigFooty trends.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

BigFooty.

Where it's better to be young than good.

 

[Firestarter]

BigFooty.

Where it's better to be young than good.

Just mirrors attitude of the media.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Surprised to see Sydney are the third youngest.

 

[Firestarter]

Surprised to see Sydney are the third youngest.

Yeah that's the scary part. Their spot on the 'oldest to youngest' got further towards the tail end after being GF losers.

 

[KiwiRoo]

BigFooty.

Where it's better to be young than good.

Big Footy

where the young get to post before their brains are fully formed


and I'll just take myself off to grumpy old thread......

 

[muttley45]

Experience will now be more desirable than youth, therefore relentless media love of GWS/Hawks to continue.

 

[rippersnipper]

Hey, this isn't what I'm being told on the main board.

 

[shniko11]

Well there u go exciting times ahead i'm looking forward at watching all these new additions in the VFL/Dev and see them in seniors in the near future.

 

[amaz199]

GWS are so old - surely they must be about to fall off a cliff. #bflogicisinconsistent

They will win their first 9 games, seem invincible, and then cop multiple injuries.

 

[Hojuman]

North's list is too old to be young.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

ArjenTheGreat must be so proud

 

[shinboner magic]

Well there u go 2nd youngest, exciting times ahead i'm looking forward at watching all these new additions in the VFL/Dev and see them in seniors in the near future.

Im looking more forward to watching the younguns at Werribee than the afl team.

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

ArjenTheGreat must be so proud

I'll be a lot happier once we select a young team.

It's all for nothing if we arrive at round 1 and win or lose our best players read: Gibson, Swallow, Thomas, Hansen, Goldstein.