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CAPTAIN JACK… or Nick or Joel or Matthew…

We all know how important the right captain choice is to our team and generally speaking play it safe with the ever reliable Swan or Ablett – they step up week after week and perform with the pressure of leading thousands of teams. But what about the real life captains? Insider Out looks at how real captaincy affects DT.

We all know how important the right captain choice is to our team and generally speaking play it safe with the ever reliable Swan or Ablett – they step up week after week and perform with the pressure of leading thousands of teams. But what about the real life captains? I thought it would be interesting given all the new boys on the block this year to look at how taking on the responsibility of captain might impact on their DT output. The majority of captains are now DT relevant!

How will SELWOOD, SWALLOW, GRIMES & TRENGROVE handle the pressure??

The below table shows the captains that have been appointed in the last two years and their DT output vs. the previous year before being appointed.

DT points

DT points

DT points

 

Games

Games

Captain

1st Year

Year Prior

First Year

Variance %

 

Year Prior

First Year

N Van Berlo

2011

81

94

16.0

 

19

22

G Ablett

2011

119

112

-5.9

 

24

20

L Hodge

2011

103

94

-8.7

 

22

22

B Green

2011

99

78

-21.2

 

22

21

M Boyd

2011

115

116

0.9

 

23

22

J Watson

2010

91

95

4.4

 

22

21

C Ling

2010

89

83

-6.7

 

22

21

Average

 

99.6

96

-3.6

 

22

21

The last 7 newly appointed captains average 96 in their first year in the job. This is  a -3.6% decrease on their previous years output where the same 7 players averaged 99.6 points. 4 of the 7 had a greater than 5% decrease while only Van Berlo had a greater than 5% increase. Brad Green’s output disagreed most with the weight of the captaincy dropping a massive 21%.

The good news is that games played for a new captain is just above 21 so they are reliable – this is slightly down on their previous years average but you can thank Gary Abletts lack of finals action for that!

This article won’t change your team but it is a good thought starter – I know I for one would be pretty happy if Grimes can play 21 games!

Submitted by Insider Out.

DT Talk - covering AFL Fantasy and other games since 2007.




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