2017/18 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Carlton

The 2018 H&A season is complete which means the Fantasy research for next season has already begun, over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at a 2017/18 H&A season player average comparison for each team (Minimum 10 games played each season).

Warnie & Roy discussed some of the numbers on the final Traders podcast of the season, it is worth another listen again to hear their thoughts about some of the players that will be listed in each team (Starts at 41:25).

CARLTON

Despite the Blues putting up only 2 wins in 2018 the amount of fantasy talent available was quite appealing, Zac Fisher & Lochie O’Brien showed promise along with emerging Paddy Dow but just about the entire fantasy community is waiting for the return of Sam Docherty at Round 1 next season.

The 2018 season didn’t start out that well for Matthew Kreuzer (2018 Ave: 79.4) having to deal with a leg injury suffered late in the pre-season, things never really improved over the year and he managed just 12 games dealing with multiple injury concerns. Having averaged 105.0pts in 2017 Kreuzer fell short of averaging 80.0pts (-25.6 Differential) this season, he is turning 30 during the 2019 H&A season and is well under-priced compared to what he is capable of. He is a must to complete a full pre-season otherwise it could be a bumpy road owning him next season.

Patrick Cripps (2018 Ave: 109.3) elevated his fantasy game to another level in 2018, he averaged 100.4pts in his first 11 games of the year and averaged 118.3pts post Bye to finish off a full 22 games for the Blues. The strong finish by Cripps was highlighted by a career high 162pts in Round 19, he scored 100pts or more in 10 of 11 games between Rounds 13-23. Cripps will come with a high price tag to start the 2019 season, he will be entering his 6^th season which could improve on his career best 2018. For those not willing to start Mitchell at Round 1 then Cripps might be a decent option at a discount.

The numbers for ageing veteran Kade Simpson (2018 Ave: 95.4) have been interesting, although he delivered another solid year the drop in production late in the season was evident. In 2017 Simpson 101.0pts from his opening 16 games of the season, he averaged 88.8pts in his final 6 games. In 2018 Simpson averaged 100.6pts in his opening 14 games of the season, he averaged 85.0pts from his final 7 games.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2018 AFL Fantasy Stats

PLAYER	POS	Own%	GMS	PTS	AVG
Cripps, Patrick	MID	28.2	22	2405	109.3
Curnow, Ed	MID	12.2	21	2106	100.3
Murphy, Marc	MID	4.8	13	1262	97.1
Simpson, Kade	DEF	46.6	21	2003	95.4
Lobbe, Matthew	RUC	1.3	6	515	85.8
Thomas, Dale	MID/FWD	6.2	20	1714	85.7
Kerridge, Sam	MID	0.1	10	857	85.7
Kreuzer, Matthew	RUC	9.5	12	952	79.3
Curnow, Charlie	FWD	9.1	20	1478	73.9
Petrevski-Seton, Sam	MID/FWD	7.8	22	1540	70
Fisher, Zac	MID/FWD	3.9	17	1182	69.5
Kennedy, Matthew	MID	3.4	12	773	64.4
Lang, Darcy	FWD	0.1	11	707	64.3
Graham, Nick	MID/FWD	0.1	10	641	64.1
Byrne, Ciaran	DEF	2.5	7	443	63.3
McKay, Harry	FWD	4.9	13	810	62.3
Wright, Matthew	FWD	3.3	21	1296	61.7
Mullett, Aaron	DEF	3.5	13	792	60.9
Shaw, Matt	MID	0.1	2	120	60
Phillips, Andrew	RUC	1.5	5	288	57.6
Lamb, Jed	FWD	0.1	18	1028	57.1
Dow, Paddy	MID/FWD	13.7	20	1110	55.5
Weitering, Jacob	DEF	4.7	14	777	55.5
O'Brien, Lochie	DEF/MID	2	18	988	54.9
Garlett, Jarrod	MID/FWD	9.1	11	597	54.3
Marchbank, Caleb	DEF	0.6	12	648	54
Casboult, Levi	RUC/FWD	0.4	10	528	52.8
Jones, Liam	DEF	0.8	17	886	52.1
O'Shea, Cam	DEF	7.4	11	549	49.9
Silvagni, Jack	FWD	3.1	15	730	48.7
Plowman, Lachie	DEF	0.3	13	629	48.4
Kerr, Pat	FWD	1.8	4	182	45.5
Cuningham, David	MID/FWD	4.1	5	212	42.4
Pickett, Jarrod	FWD	0.4	7	284	40.6
Rowe, Sam	DEF	0.6	17	672	39.5
De Koning, Tom	RUC/FWD	1.5	2	73	36.5
Polson, Cameron	MID/FWD	25.1	12	400	33.3
Glass-McCasker, Jesse	DEF	0.2	0	0	0
Docherty, Sam	DEF	0.4	0	0	0
McDaid, Cillian	DEF	0.2	0	0	0
Schumacher, Angus	DEF/MID	1.9	0	0	0
Silvagni, Alex	DEF	0.2	0	0	0
Lebois, Kym	FWD	1.6	0	0	0
Macreadie, Harrison	DEF	0.2	0	0	0
Williamson, Tom	DEF	0	0	0	0