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It is hard though when you get 3, maybe 4 calls of outs (Astbury, Cunnington, McEvoy, Gaff the likely 4 most commented on) and you have to turn around and fit in Shuey, Macrae (most consistent Doggie), Fyfe, T.Adams, Scully, N.Jetta (best lockdown defender), Ross (underrated year), S.Edwards etc etc.
 
TheUndertaker said:
Conversion:

'**** this arseh*le, no players from my team'.

Fremantle were insipid this year. Hopefully next year is better, the question isn't whether they've got talent, it's can they actually deliver on the field.
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Indeed, kudos for having a stab at it.

In our case that’s probably a reasonable position for Mitchell and the rest of the team were pretty lousy on average across the year, even though we finished with tails up.
 

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Jeff Garlett better then Bont, okidokey.
 
Cool you had a try, but I think it's a poor list. The placing of Beams and Bontempelli, below guys like Astbury, Garlett, Billngs, McEvoy, Dixon and Cunnington makes little sense to me. It also seems some players are penalised for being on teams that didn't do well, but then not great players on mediocre or poor teams are on the list.
 

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The_Flying_Egg said:
Cool you had a try, but I think it's a poor list. The placing of Beams and Bontempelli, below guys like Astbury, Garlett, Billngs, McEvoy, Dixon and Cunnington makes little sense to me. It also seems some players are penalised for being on teams that didn't do well, but then not great players on mediocre or poor teams are on the list.
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Thanks for the feedback!

I appreciate that you give reasons. That's valuable.

An aspect of my formula is similar to ATP tennis ranking points where the decrease in statistics and yes indeed, team success can lower a players rating. So Bont was penalised more than most on how good his 2016 was.

If a player had an okay 2016 and improved in 2017, their ranking would increase. So Tom Mitchell who was in and out the Sydney team in 2016 didn't score well, with his statistical gain in 2017, he sky rocketed.

It's not about being right or wrong, it's all opinion based, the formula I delevoped takes into account the previous season of a player and his team.
 

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EagleShore said:
Scrap Gaff out...had a very average season and regularly missed targets he used to hit with aplomb. Also doesn't kick enough goals.
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Gaff scored well based on my system, still working on my formula and it's not perfect, but it's certainly better than me picking 50 based on what I see, id have 22 Richmond players in there if that's the case.
 
TheUndertaker said:
  1. Dustin Martin (Richmond) - Won everything.
  2. Lance Franklin (Sydney) - Won Coleman and catalyst for Sydney comeback)
  3. Alex Rance (Richmond) - All Australian Captain and marshalled best defence in AFL.
  4. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) - Excellent season and very consistent.
  5. Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn) - most disposals ever recorded in a season.
  6. Rory Sloane (Adelaide) - Best player first half of season.
  7. Josh Kennedy (Sydney) - Top 5 in Brownlow and another reason for Sydney's dominant year.
  8. Matt Crouch (Adelaide) - established as one of the best midfielders in the competition. Great GF.
  9. Paddy Ryder (Port Adelaide) - Pure joy to watch, impact on field massive.
  10. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide) - Port's most damaging ball user.
  11. Josh Kennedy (WCE) - Super consistent. Best pure forward in the game.
  12. Sam Jacobs (Adelaide) - A part of this Adelaide juggernaut. Gives them first use.
  13. Michael Hurley (Essendon) - Big reason Essendon made finals, been consistent for a few years.
  14. Eddie Betts (Adelaide) - No. 1 small forward, loses a few places due to poor GF.
  15. Danye Zorko (Brisbane) - Awesome season, a real weapon, blistering pace.
  16. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast) - best contested mark in the game possibly.
  17. Josh Kelly (GWS) - Jet.
  18. Jeremy Howe (Collingwood) - Very underrated season by the officials. Should be AA and have MOTY.
  19. Joe Daniher (Essendon) - Kicked over 60 goals and played the second ruck position very well.
  20. Matthew Kruezer (Carlton) - Fantastic season and really good contested mark, excellent converter.
  21. Michael Hibberd (Melbourne) - Took his game to another level.
  22. Dylan Shiel (GWS) - Breaks the lines better than most in the competition. Damaging player.
  23. Sam Docherty (Carlton) - Future captain of Carlton. No doubt.
  24. Taylor Walker (Adelaide) - Amazing season, great at goal assists, poor GF hurts overall standing.
  25. Zach Merrett (Essendon) - Really hit another level this season. Could be a future Brownlow winner.
  26. Toby Greene (GWS) - Could rip a game to shreds. Caused havoc this season for some teams.
  27. Rory Laird (Adelaide) - Awesome season. Can kill you if you don't put someone on him.
  28. Trent Cotchin (Richmond) - Rose up with a maturing finals campaign. Cemented his legacy.
  29. Ben Brown (N. Melbourne) - Over 60 goals. Has potential to be the best forward in the game.
  30. Luke Parker (Sydney) - Ultra consistent for many years.
  31. Marc Murphy (Carlton) - played his best season in many years, all class.
  32. Brodie Grundy (Collingwood) - Great season, future AA. Amazing since he picked up a footy so late.
  33. Mitch Duncan (Geelong) - Geelong's second best player all season.
  34. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) - Contested beast. Will be something very special.
  35. Jack Billings (St. Kilda) - Jet
  36. Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) - Monster in close, great agility.
  37. Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn) - Another ruckman with a fantastic season.
  38. David Astbury (Richmond) - Played against oppositions best defender and beat them all year.
  39. Charlie Dixon (Port Adelaide) - bad misses aside against West Coast, he plays all over the ground.
  40. Jeff Garlett (Melbourne) - Really underrated this season.
  41. Callan Ward (GWS) - My pick for best captain in the AFL.
  42. Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne) - Another underrated player, love the way he goes about it.
  43. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) - Gary Ablett at 70% is enough to make top 50.
  44. Jack Riewoldt (Richmond) - Contested every mark, played his role and kicked over 50 goals.
  45. Brad Crouch (Adelaide) - Jet, making a great pairing with his brother. Who I have ahead.
  46. Joel Selwood (Geelong) - Good season but nowhere near his best.
  47. Andrew Gaff (West Coast) - Grest user of the ball, accumulator.
  48. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) - missing the last part of the season hurt his ranking, had a great start.
  49. Marcus Bontempelli (W. Bulldogs) - Only bulldog player on the list.
  50. Dayne Beams (Brisbane) - Fantastic season, should come second to Zorko in the B&F.
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:thumbsu: Good list.
There'll be lots of discussion about individuals:D but you knew that.
Easier to snipe from the sidelines than do the work.
 

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