Leigh Eustace - April 28, 2016. Forward line close to league best, defence would certainly be up there and the midfield actually is playing better than last year which had Dangerfield in it. Home; Teams. Find where AFL teams are ranking on the AFL 2020 ladder & see the results of AFL fixtures from this year's football season.
Live AFL Ladder by Ranking Software. Just a couple of years ago you would have thought we would be talking about Gold Coast making the finals in 2016, but I really think the … ), how is that possible? Computer predictions, tips, picks and ratings for the Australian Football League, National Football League (USA), National Rugby League (AUS) and Super Rugby (AUS, NZ, RSA, ARG, JAP). End of the day it is a numbers business. Always looks a great start but the peloton inevitably catches you.The lowly Lions, stuck in the bottom two, they’re getting as used to losing as the Germans in combat.Look at the Dees go, the chalets of the snowfields might be a little less crowded this year, pass the Chardonnay ol’ chap, Melbourne is playing marvellously. AFL Ladder 2020. Brendan Bolton is their man and he’ll get them up and about eventually.Patrick who? AFL Ladder 2016 Round 23. Compare the Hawks-Eagles game to the Hawks-Crows game a mere three weeks later, they’re good.Same method as pre-season but with the luxury of seeing five weeks of football to make amended judgements, we shall start from the bottom and work our way up to whose making the eight, who is on track for a double chance.They surprised the Demons, they’ll surprise/earn another three wins, bless their cotton socks.Don’t be fooled, their run home isn’t super kind and it’s a race between the Suns playing Septmeber and East-West Link as to which we’ll see first.Roughly a quarter of the way through the season and the landscaped has changed. Home AFL 2016 AFL Ladder Predictions (..revised) AFL; 2016 AFL Ladder Predictions (..revised) By. It will likely soar now that Gary Ablett has been ruled out for the final seven rounds.Melbourne (59 points), St Kilda (66), Carlton (81) and West Coast (85) have also enjoyed a good injury run. The AFLW season will commence in February next yearTake a look at this week's match preview ahead of our Round 9 match against Port…Another layer to the injury ladder is in-game injuries, which play a key role in results and have particularly cruelled North Melbourne in its four-week fall from first to eighth.And using the Schick AFL Player Ratings, Champion Data is able to highlight the talent 'cost' of every injury.It's been the quickest such fall since Port Adelaide went from first to 10th in mid-2007, and in-game setbacks have had an undeniable impact. Collingwood ranks No.2 with 263 points, while Hawthorn (253) and the Brisbane Lions (234) round out the top four after 16 rounds.As a example, injured Dockers star Nat Fyfe averages 18.9 points a game and Freo's next best midfielder not in its 22 is Tendai Mzungu, who averages 6.9 points a game.Over the course of the season, no team has finished a game at least one player down more often than the Kangaroos, who have suffered game-ending injuries in all but five games.afl.com.au assesses which teams have been hit hardest by injury this seasonThe 'cost' of an injury is the difference between that player's Player Ratings average and that of the next best available player who is outside the team and plays in the same position.The Magpies have not only lost more games to injury this year than any other club, but the 'cost' of those injuries has been higher than every club except Fremantle – the other club with claims as the hardest hit.The 'cost' to the Dockers in that particular week is therefore 12 points.Champion Data also increases the cost slightly if there are no available players in the same position available for selection.Melbourne’s Round 11 game won’t be played in TasmaniaThe Demons conjure their most efficient play of the game and earn a long-awaited goal…Gold Coast is notable for its games lost – ranked No.2 with 126 games – but the talent cost (179 points) has not been as significant.