Drawing Board 2015 Popularity: December

Since our last update, DT Live’s Drawing Board is closing in on 2000 teams entered. During this time all positions have been revealed and the magic number has been calculated with half of the prices released in AFL Fantasy.

Although all prices aren’t known, Chad has pumped in the ones that are released and updated others accordingly. It is worth noting that not all prices will be 100% accurate as there seem to be a few anomalies with discounting. SuperCoach and Real Dream Team have announced their prices and subsequently, the positions. AFL Fantasy positions will be the same as these are supplied by Champion Data.

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As we say goodbye to 2014, let’s have a look at the Drawing Board teams and what’s happened over the last month or so.

SWAN’S DPP MAKES HIM THE BIGGEST MOVER

Last time I had a look at the Drawing Board numbers, the original Fantasy Pig, Dane Swan, appeared in 26% of teams. That was when we assumed he would be classified as a MID only. That all changed from December 12 when Swanny was announced to be a FWD/MID in 2015.

Over the course of a couple of days his ownership doubled and now he is the second most popular player on the Drawing Board behind bargain ruckman Matthew Kreuzer.

Firstly, I was surprised he didn’t have as much love – even just as a MID – due to a shocking 2014. He was locked and loaded in my team regardless. The DPP now has made him a no-brainer. On DT Live’s Drawing Board users are able to put in projected scores for their selected players. Swan is projected to average 104.1 from the 89.9% of users who have selected him thus far.

OTHER DPPs HAVE CHANGED THINGS

When we heard of Swanny’s FWD status added, we saw some other movement that has both increased and decreased player ownership.

Brendon Goddard and Brett Deledio are also named up as FWD/MIDs now. They now appear in 49.7% and 41% of teams respectively. On the flipside, Patrick Dangerfield went from being in over 50% of teams to now appear in just 8.2% of Drawing Board sides. Dangerfield is a MID only in 2015. Other players who lost their DPP eligibility also saw a big drop in ownership – which makes perfect sense!

We’ve been blessed up forward with these new DPPs which may make it quite a unique line. There will be a lot of teams that look towards these gifts, but guys like Lance Franklin (see Rainman’s awesome Deck of DT on him) are now looking quite unique. He started in around 30% of teams in November but now appears in less than 15%.

The backline lost a lot of premium DEF/MIDs such as Sam Mitchell, Jarrad McVeigh and Pearce Hanley. This in turn raised the value of my boy, Michael Hibberd. Before the announcement he was in around 35% of teams. Now he hovers around 55% ownership. I reckon I’ll be writing about Hibbo in the Deck of DT before the end of the series.

THE COOKIE CUTTER TEAM OF POPULARITY

Going through the most popular list (see table below), I’ve put together a cookie cutter team. That is, a team that is made up of the most popular players in the Drawing Board. The way it worked out, the last player selected for it was the 26.7% owned Heritier Lumumba… the 33rd most popular player on the list. Only Nat Fyfe, Robbie Gray and Ben Reid who were slightly more popular missed out as their respective lines were full when I filled the team.

Anyway, here’s what the team looks like. Not too bad to be honest! It has uses $9,585,000 of the $10,000,000 salary cap. The bye structure is 8/13/9. Not awful considering that zero thought went into it. Using the projected averages by DT Live users, the team would score 2031 in round one.

Please discuss this team in the comments!

THE TOP 50 MOST POPULAR PLAYERS… SO FAR

Here’s a look at the 50 most popular players selected by DT Live users so far. Starting with Kreuzer at 95.2% ownership through to Barlow at 20.8%, we get a good look at which players coaches are keen on as we head into the new year. The projected average comes from the data that DT Live users have input when plugging their teams in.

First Name	Surname	Position	Price	Projected Average	Ownership %
Matthew	Kreuzer	RUC	$244000	82.4	95.2
Dane	Swan	FWD/MID	$530000	104.1	89.9
Matthew	Leuenberger	RUC	$277000	81.9	88.5
Daniel	Rich	MID	$268000	81	87.9
Jonathon	Griffin	RUC	$130000	60.5	86
Gary	Ablett	MID	$675000	119.6	75.6
Beau	Waters	DEF	$341000	81.3	74.7
Mitchell	Clark	FWD	$223000	68.8	67.7
Nathan	J. Brown	DEF	$120000	46	66.9
Nathan	van Berlo	MID	$272000	81.5	57.6
Brendan	Whitecross	DEF	$259000	71.7	56.7
Michael	Hibberd	DEF	$506000	93.5	54.8
Nathan	Krakouer	FWD/MID	$120000	59.8	52.2
Jesse	Hogan	FWD	$194000	63.6	52
Brendon	Goddard	FWD/MID	$550000	100.3	49.7
Garrick	Ibbotson	DEF	$336000	79.6	48.9
Max	King	RUC	$120000	40.2	43
Brett	Deledio	FWD/MID	$548000	100.1	41
Dustin	Martin	FWD/MID	$553000	100.8	39.6
Blake	Acres	MID	$166000	62.5	35.1
Aaron	Vandenberg	MID	$120000	57.2	34.6
Tim	Membrey	FWD	$165000	61.1	34
Patrick	Cripps	MID	$163000	66.7	31.7
Zak	Jones	DEF	$157000	56.3	31.7
Isaac	Heeney	MID	$226000	70.8	30.9
Scott	Selwood	MID	$458000	97.9	30.3
Ben	Reid	FWD	$178000	64	30.1
Ryan	Griffen	MID	$485000	99.3	29.8
Robbie	Gray	FWD/MID	$545000	100.7	29.5
Scott	Pendlebury	MID	$614000	111.3	29.2
Paul	Seedsman	DEF	$363000	81.7	28.1
Nathan	Fyfe	MID	$579000	111.4	27.8
Heritier	Lumumba	DEF/MID	$402000	83.1	26.7
Mason	Cox	FWD/RUC	$120000	53.5	26.7
Tom	Rockliff	MID	$763000	126.9	26.4
Joel	Hamling	DEF	$120000	43.6	26.4
Luke	Hodge	DEF/MID	$550000	97.5	26.1
Jack	Martin	FWD	$285000	77.5	25.3
Christian	Petracca	FWD/MID	$297000	73	25.3
Daniel	Markworth	FWD	$120000	53.3	24.7
Matthew	Dick	DEF/MID	$120000	47.6	24.2
Robbie	Tarrant	FWD	$120000	49	22.8
Josh	McGuinness	DEF	$142000	53.1	22.8
Kane	Lambert	FWD/MID	$120000	56	21.9
Nick	Malceski	DEF	$521000	93.8	21.9
Kade	Simpson	DEF	$521000	93.8	21.6
Dayne	Beams	MID	$609000	111.6	21.6
Brodie	Smith	DEF	$465000	88.4	21.3
Ben	Newton	MID	$192000	66.7	20.8
Michael	Barlow	MID	$627000	112.2	20.8

PLEASE NOTE: If viewing on a mobile device, turn it to ‘landscape’ mode to view all contents of the table.

 

Make your own AFL Fantasy teams now over at www.dtlive.com.au. Prices will be updated as the AFL release them, but most are looking pretty good at this stage. The Drawing Board is an awesome resource and Chad is always willing to hear feedback to make the product better. As well as AFL Fantasy Classic, you can create SuperCoach and Real Dream Team squads. Don’t forget that DT Live will have live fantasy scores during the NAB Challenge and throughout the season. Click here to start creating your teams.

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