2018/19 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Nth Melbourne

The 2019 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 2018/19 H&A season player average comparison for each team (Minimum 10 games played each season).

Warnie, Calvin & Roy discussed some of the numbers on the final Traders podcast of the season, it is worth another listen again to hear their thoughts on certain players heading into season 2020. (Starts at 53:35).

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NTH MELBOURNE

Jack Ziebell (2019 Ave: 89.7) played mostly forward at the start of the season & averaged 66.8pts from his opening 5 games, former coach Brad Scott finally moved him into the midfield & he thrived instantly averaging 108.8pts from his next 4 games. Brad Scott parted ways with the Kangaroos at Round 10 where Ziebell recorded just 48pts, under new coach Rhys Shaw he averaged 96.4pts from his final 12 H&A games. Ziebell increased +6.9pts compared to the 2018 H&A season, if he is projected for high usage in the midfield next season then there is likely further upside on his 2020 starting price.

Todd Goldstein (2019 Ave: 88.2) scored 100pts or more in 18.2% of games in the 2019 H&A season, he scored fewer than 80pts in an alarming 36.4% of games. Goldstein has excellent job security as starting Ruck at the Kangaroos & has just signed contract extension to remain at the club, he will turn 32 during the 2020 season. Goldstein has averaged 100pts or more in a single season only once in his career (Incl. Finals), his days as a fantasy option likely remain in draft only.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2019 AFL FANTASY STATS

PLAYER	POSITION	GAMES	AVERAGE
Higgins, Shaun	MID	17	95.3
Ziebell, Jack	MID/FWD	22	89.7
Goldstein, Todd	RUC	22	88.4
Polec, Jared	MID	22	88.2
Dumont, Trent	MID	21	88.1
Cunnington, Ben	MID	22	82
Hall, Aaron	MID	6	80.7
Anderson, Jed	MID	17	78.7
Tyson, Dom	MID	3	76.7
MacMillan, Jamie	DEF	18	75.1
Brown, Ben	FWD	22	71.9
Pittard, Jasper	DEF	22	71.5
Atley, Shaun	DEF/FWD	21	66.8
Simpkin, Jy	MID/FWD	21	66.8
Tarrant, Robbie	DEF	22	65
Zurhaar, Cameron	FWD	19	64
Wood, Mason	FWD	18	61.1
Ahern, Paul	MID	7	60.6
Thompson, Scott D.	DEF	19	59
Garner, Taylor	FWD	9	58.9
McDonald, Luke	DEF	13	58.1
Turner, Kayne	FWD	21	55.8
Williams, Marley	DEF	17	55.4
Wright, Sam	DEF	4	55.3
Thomas, Tarryn	MID/FWD	20	55.3
Scott, Bailey	MID	4	54
Larkey, Nick	FWD	17	53.8
Davies-Uniacke, Luke	MID	14	53.2
Hrovat, Nathan	FWD	5	52
Campbell, Tom	RUC	2	39
Durdin, Sam	DEF	10	36.9
McKay, Ben	DEF	3	32.7
Hayden, Kyron	MID/FWD	1	27
Taylor, Curtis	MID/FWD	2	24
Daw, Majak	DEF	0	0
Jacobs, Ben	MID	0	0
Watson, Declan	DEF	0	0
Murphy, Tom	DEF	0	0
Walker, Will	FWD	0	0
Xerri, Tristan	RUC/FWD	0	0
Crocker, Joel	DEF/FWD	0	0
McKenzie, Tom	DEF/MID	0	0
Murphy, Red Og	MID	0	0
Wilkinson, Tom	FWD	0	0
Vickers-Willis, Ed	DEF	1	-1