Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast
Results 1 to 12 of 56

Thread: Hawthorn to win flag in 2013

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Happy and I know it
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    1,246

    Hawthorn to win flag in 2013

    Guess what? "The flag is Hawthorn's to lose, according to a new list-ranking system devised by the AFL's official statisticians."

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226536434200
    All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

  2. #2
    Veterans List Big Al's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Paradise
    Posts
    7,007

    Hawthorn to win flag in 2013

    Hawthorns defence rated ahead of Sydney's...PMSL

    Someone at Champion Data has been smoking the wacky tabacky.
    ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

    Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

  3. #3
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Central Coast NSW, Costa Lantana
    Posts
    6,889
    Quote Originally Posted by Big Al View Post
    Hawthorns defence rated ahead of Sydney's...PMSL

    Someone at Champion Data has been smoking the wacky tabacky.
    Our defence third behind Geelong and Hawthorn? And our forwards 11th??
    Obviously calculated before the Tippett transfer went through, but even without him I can't see 10 better forward setups.
    Probably underlines the difference between being a star and playing your role.
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

  4. #4
    Veterans List wolftone57's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Lilyfield
    Posts
    5,788
    Quote Originally Posted by Big Al View Post
    Hawthorns defence rated ahead of Sydney's...PMSL

    Someone at Champion Data has been smoking the wacky tabacky.
    Our defense let through less than any other side last season. I don't see how they could be rated third on performance if they were the least scored against. I think Champion Data probably use a Stats model that is flawed, in other words it takes into account data other than lack of scoring against. Don't really like these stats based predictions or assessments. If you go on stats we should have lost the final against Adelaide and the GF.

  5. #5
    It's Goodes to cheer!! ScottH's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    Master of the house, keeper of the zoo
    Posts
    23,665
    Blog Entries
    2
    Stats show a picture.
    The y don't prove anything.

  6. #6
    That One Over There Yuri H's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Balmain (Centre Of The Universe)
    Posts
    588
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    Stats show a picture.
    The y don't prove anything.
    Yeah, I read the article thinking, 'Nice stats. I'll just be over here admiring our nice flag.'

  7. #7
    Facts can be used to prove anything that's even remotely true.

  8. #8

    Hawthorn to win flag in 2013

    This doesn't rate the teams subjectively. Defensively we are pretty much clear at the top, but that doesn't rate in super coach. Glad to see our defenders don't sacrifice their offensive game to do so.

  9. #9

    Hawthorn to win flag in 2013

    It rates Carlton as having the 2nd best forward line. How can it be taken seriously.

  10. #10
    On the Rookie List Jewels's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Copacabana
    Posts
    3,258
    Quote Originally Posted by Melbourne_Blood View Post
    It rates Carlton as having the 2nd best forward line. How can it be taken seriously.
    Soon as I saw that I knew it was some kind of a joke.

    We've been hearing it's Hawthorns to lose before the start of every season since 08,
    still waiting......

  11. #11
    Senior Player
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    2,929
    Blog Entries
    1
    On the one hand, I agree that those rankings are certainly nothing like an exact science, but on the other hand, I am getting very nervous considering the last time we won the premiership, the grand final result was reversed the following year

    Freo are the dark horses IMO. Not only do they have a reasonably high 'quality' list (4th according to those rankings), they showed this year they are up to the pressure of finals footy.

  12. #12
    Veterans List
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    11,125
    Quote Originally Posted by Xie Shan View Post
    On the one hand, I agree that those rankings are certainly nothing like an exact science, but on the other hand, I am getting very nervous considering the last time we won the premiership, the grand final result was reversed the following year

    Freo are the dark horses IMO. Not only do they have a reasonably high 'quality' list (4th according to those rankings), they showed this year they are up to the pressure of finals footy.
    Freo is the dark horse every year.

Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Single Sign On provided by vBSSO