2018/19 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Adelaide

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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ADELAIDE

In a season where Rory Laird (2019 Ave: 96.9) played each game he actually regressed compared to the 2018 H&A season, he scored 100pts or more in 36.4% of games in 2019 well short of his 70.0% in 2018. The return of Brodie Smith along with the move of Wayne Milera to a more defensive role likely impacted on the low return for Laird.

Laird failed to hit multiple ceiling games in 2019, he recorded 120pts or more in 4.5% of games in 2019 compared to 35.0% in 2018. Laird started with a price tag of $782K and finished on $659K, many will be interested in his 2020 starting price at an average of 96.9pts.

Rory Sloane (2019 Ave: 99.6) did provide early value in the 2019 season after starting at $653K (89.9 Ave), he averaged 112.5pts from his opening 10 games of the season. Sloane did average 88.8pts from his closing 12 games of 2019 but that did include a score of 30pts in which he was injured.

Sloane scored 100pts or more in 59.1% of games in the 2019 H&A season, he scored 100pts or more in 33.3% of games in 2018. There may be some value in starting with Sloane at the beginning of 2020, however the drop-off in scoring in the second half of 2019 was alarming.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2019 AFL FANTASY STATS

PLAYER	POSITION	GAMES	AVERAGE
Crouch, Brad	MID	22	107.9
Crouch, Matt	MID	19	106.2
Sloane, Rory	MID	22	99.6
Laird, Rory	DEF	22	96.9
O'Brien, Reilly	RUC	18	95.5
Lynch, Tom T.	FWD	16	89.4
Ellis-Yolmen, Cameron	MID	10	87.9
Smith, Brodie	DEF	22	87
Atkins, Rory	MID	20	81.4
Gibbs, Bryce	MID	12	80.8
Jacobs, Sam	RUC	5	80.4
Greenwood, Hugh	MID/FWD	14	78.3
Milera, Wayne	DEF	17	76.8
Jenkins, Josh	FWD	11	75.1
Seedsman, Paul	MID	13	72.8
Knight, Riley	MID/FWD	15	71.7
Keath, Alex	DEF	18	67.1
Kelly, Jake	DEF	22	67
Otten, Andy	DEF	3	65.7
Mackay, David	DEF	18	65.5
Walker, Taylor	FWD	22	63.1
Douglas, Richard	MID/FWD	9	59.7
Fogarty, Darcy	FWD	4	59.3
Himmelberg, Elliott	FWD	7	59
Wilson, Patrick	MID	1	59
Brown, Luke	DEF	15	58.9
Betts, Eddie	FWD	21	58.6
Stengle, Tyson	FWD	2	58
Talia, Daniel	DEF	22	56.6
Murphy, Lachlan	FWD	21	55.1
Gallucci, Jordan	FWD	10	52.5
Poholke, Myles	FWD	2	51
Jones, Chayce	MID	8	45.6
Hartigan, Kyle	DEF	19	42.3
Doedee, Tom	DEF	1	38
Davis, Ben	FWD	1	27
Hunter, Paul	RUC	0	0
McPherson, Andrew	DEF	0	0
Butts, Jordon	DEF/FWD	0	0
Hamill, William	DEF	0	0
McAdam, Shane	FWD	0	0
McHenry, Ned	MID/FWD	0	0
Sholl, Lachlan	DEF	0	0
Strachan, Kieran	RUC/FWD	0	0