2017/18 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: St Kilda

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).

ST KILDA

Seb Ross (2018 Ave: 107.3) followed up his solid 2017 season with another good year averaging over 100.0pts, he scored 100pts or more in 57.1% of games & 120pts or more in 42.9% of games in 2018. The run home by Ross was very impressive, he averaged 126.3pts from his final 6 games.

St Kilda will add midfield depth in the upcoming trade period, this will likely impact the fantasy game for Saints Mids. Ross will likely be low owned at Round 1 next season, tuning in to see the mix of the St Kilda midfield should be a high priority in the JLT Series for fantasy coaches.

Jack Steven (2018 Ave: 96.6) again showed glimpses of his ceiling potential in 2018, unfortunately he received plenty of attention which did limit his overall average. Steven scored 100pts or more in 33.3% of games & 120pts or more in 19.0% in 2018, he averaged 105.2pts against teams that didn’t play Finals which is noteworthy given the easier draw St Kilda will receive in 2019.

Steven is a must watch during the pre-season to see how he blends in with his new midfield teammates, his upside could be decent combined with a low ownership at Round 1.

The collective sigh at the mere mention of Jack Billings (2018 Ave: 85.2) sends dark memories of his 123pts in Round 1 followed up by an average of 69.8pts from his next 10 games, many coaches were forced to finally rid themselves of Billings in Round 12 after he was dropped. To rub salt into the wound Billings averaged 96.0pts from his final 9 games of the season, another painful memory.

Given that the Saints will add midfield talent Billings could again see his time in the middle of the ground limited, the common consensus was that Billings was misused in the early part of the 2018 season and his true average was more reflected in the 2^nd half of 2018 when Alan Richardson used his talents more wisely. There is value in Billings but the pain he could inflict may not be worthwhile, avoiding him at the start of the 2018 provided a major advantage to fantasy coaches.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2018 AFL Fantasy Stats

PLAYER	POS	GMS	PTS	AVG
Ross, Sebastian	MID	21	2253	107.3
Steven, Jack	MID	22	2127	96.7
Steele, Jack	MID	21	1982	94.4
Stevens, Koby	MID	2	180	90
Billings, Jack	FWD	21	1789	85.2
Dunstan, Luke	MID	16	1320	82.5
Savage, Shane	DEF	18	1471	81.7
Acres, Blake	MID/FWD	12	966	80.5
Austin, Logan	DEF	7	557	79.6
Webster, Jimmy	DEF	17	1340	78.8
Armitage, David	MID	15	1152	76.8
Hickey, Tom	RUC	13	980	75.4
Sinclair, Jack	MID	20	1484	74.2
Gresham, Jade	FWD	22	1610	73.2
Phillips, Ed	MID	7	510	72.9
Carlisle, Jake	DEF	17	1214	71.4
Geary, Jarryn	DEF	20	1420	71
Marshall, Rowan	FWD	12	846	70.5
Membrey, Tim	FWD	20	1376	68.8
Lonie, Jack	FWD	11	736	66.9
Weller, Maverick	FWD	13	863	66.4
Newnes, Jack	MID/FWD	22	1459	66.3
Roberton, Dylan	DEF	4	252	63
Freeman, Nathan	MID	2	125	62.5
Gilbert, Sam	DEF	11	651	59.2
BRUCe, Josh	FWD	3	177	59
Clark, Hunter	MID,DEF	15	872	58.1
Coffield, Nicholas	DEF/MID	10	564	56.4
Pierce, Lewis	RUC	3	167	55.7
McKenzie, Daniel	DEF	13	718	55.2
Rice, Bailey	DEF	11	578	52.5
McCartin, Paddy	FWD	13	647	49.8
Long, Ben	FWD	10	495	49.5
White, Brandon	DEF	6	294	49
Paton, Ben	DEF	3	147	49
Battle, Josh	FWD	6	286	47.7
Longer, Billy	RUC	5	222	44.4
J. Brown, Nathan	DEF	15	436	29.1
Goddard, Hugh	DEF	1	25	25
Wright, Nathan	FWD	2	49	24.5
Joyce, Darragh	DEF	2	38	19
Connellan, Ray	FWD	0	0	0
Minchington, Darren	FWD	0	0	0
Clavarino, Oscar	DEF	0	0	0
Langlands, Doulton	DEF/MID	0	0	0