One Percenters

[Sizzlepack]

Hi all,

Earlier this year I started One Percenters, a newsletter focusing on tactics and bigger-picture issues affecting the AFL.

If you often lament the lack of rigour and substance in mainstream footy coverage, then One Percenters is for you.

Some of you might remember me from when I was posting the club season previews on the club boards. Those were well-received so I figured I should start a thread on this board.

I published my Grand Final preview last night. It focuses on the evolution of Sydney's defensive profile, Brisbane's tactical switch in the second half of the Prelim, and where the game is likely to be won and lost. Link: https://www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2024-grand-final-preview

 

[Sizzlepack]

A piece on free agency: https://www.onepercenters.net.au/p/on-free-agency

Spoiler: I think the AFL do OK in juggling a complex set of competing demands.

 

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A piece on the evolution of recruitment and player evaluation, based on a conversation with someone who works in list management at an AFL club: https://www.onepercenters.net.au/p/beyond-the-eye-test-how-analytics

 

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A spiritual successor to my previous piece, a conversation with "Darcy" about how the review of collective performances, opposition scouting, how stats can deceive, Champion Data, and the potential applications of AI to footy: https://www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-process-goes-like-this-more-news

 

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A piece about people who go to their club's pre-season training sessions: https://www.onepercenters.net.au/p/optimist-time