(05-25-2023, 06:29 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:For a few players they include rankings for kicking, marking, 1 on 1 contests etc. I will provide some tonight on topics.
Summary for me is the midfield has gone to poop. Cripps is only average, Kennedy and Hewett are below average.
The ratings compare them to other players. You can be a gun but if there are lot of people better than you then you might only be average.
It's a bit like this....
A team can improve from the previous season....but if other teams improve at a greater rate than you and go past you then your wins and ladder position might actually go backwards.
I still think any ranking that uses a players output over a 22 game season is pretty dubious.
Just as an example...everyone points to the fact that Cripps kicked 20 goals last season or that he won a Brownlow when comparing his 2022 and 2023 season. The majority of those goal and votes were built up in the first 11 games of 2022.
Carrying injuries, different roles, extra burdens all impact over a season.
Jack Silvagni was just about a 'dead man walking' by season's end (...and I mean a zombie not a death row guy) after the demands on him last year.