2017/18 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: GWS Giants

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).

GWS GIANTS

Unfortunately Josh Kelly (2018 Ave: 108.4) had an injury interrupted missing a total of 7 games in the 2018 H&A season, he averaged 116.5pts from his opening 2 games & 117.1pts between Rounds 10-20. Kelly averaged 67.0pts from his final 2 H&A games which dropped his average from 114.8pts to 108.4pts, he scored 100pts or more in 50.0% of games (2017: 75.0%) & 120pts or more in 25.0% of games in 2018. Kelly will be priced 5-10pts short of what he is capable of in 2019, he is a must watch in the pre-season especially due to a late 2018 season knee injury.

Lachie Whitfield (2018 Ave: 100.1) became a popular target due to pre-season news of his defensive role replacing Zac Williams then he added DDP DEF status during the year, he averaged 118.5pts from his opening 2 games of 2018 & 114.2pts between Rounds 10-21 but it was his poor games that were a source of frustration. Whitfield became a tag target from opposition teams averaging 83.7pts between Rounds 3-9 as well as averaging 61.5pts from his final 2 H&A games, he scored 100pts or more in 56.5% of games & 120pts or more in 30.4% of games in the 2018 H&A season.

There is still likely some value in Whitfield at Round 1, his ownership will increase if he retains DEF status combined with an off-season at the Giants that potentially loses quality midfield talent.

It might be worth keeping an eye on Jacob Hopper (2018 Ave: 78.3) during the pre-season and JLT Series for his role in the midfield, he increased his average from last year and showed potential during 2018 that he can average in the mid-high 90s. Hopper might benefit from list changes at the Giants, he will be entering his 4^th season in the AFL and has increased his average year on year since 2016.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2018 AFL Fantasy Stats

PLAYER	POS	GMS	PTS	AVG
Coniglio, Stephen	MID	21	2318	110.4
Kelly, Josh	MID	15	1626	108.4
Whitfield, Lachie	MID,DEF	22	2202	100.1
Ward, Callan	MID	22	2132	96.9
Taranto, Tim	MID/FWD	21	1909	90.9
Shiel, Dylan	MID	21	1873	89.2
Shaw, Heath	DEF	20	1728	86.4
Deledio, Brett	FWD	9	715	79.4
de Boer, Matt	FWD	13	1019	78.4
Hopper, Jacob	MID	19	1488	78.3
Cameron, Jeremy	FWD	16	1246	77.9
Tomlinson, Adam	DEF	22	1635	74.3
Haynes, Nick	DEF	22	1591	72.3
Kennedy, Adam	DEF/MID	7	494	70.6
Patton, Jonathon	FWD	12	845	70.4
Greene, Toby	FWD	7	472	67.4
Simpson, Dawson	RUC	9	605	67.2
Lobb, Rory	RUC/FWD	17	1136	66.8
Griffen, Ryan	MID/FWD	15	930	62
Davis, Phil	DEF	20	1222	61.1
Bonar, Aiden	MID/FWD	4	236	59
Lloyd, Daniel	FWD	14	816	58.3
Himmelberg, Harrison	DEF	22	1276	58
Finlayson, Jeremy	DEF/MID	14	808	57.7
Perryman, Harry	DEF	8	444	55.5
Giles-Langdon, Zac	FWD	19	965	50.8
J. Reid, Sam	FWD	19	884	46.5
Buntine, Matt	DEF	7	313	44.7
Corr, Aidan	DEF	16	698	43.6
Mohr, Tim	DEF	2	85	42.5
Daniels, Brent	MID/FWD	7	293	41.9
Keeffe, Lachlan	DEF/FWD	7	283	40.4
Taylor, Sam	DEF	8	307	38.4
Cumming, Isaac	DEF	2	74	37
Buckley, Dylan	DEF	2	68	34
Scully, Tom	MID	1	23	23
Shipley, Nicholas	MID	2	43	21.5
Buckley, Jack	FWD	0	0	0
Setterfield, Will	MID/FWD	0	0	0
Sproule, Zachary	FWD	0	0	0
Stein, Jake	DEF	0	0	0
Tiziani, Lachlan	FWD	0	0	0
Flynn, Matthew	RUC/FWD	0	0	0
Williams, Zac	DEF	0	0	0