Alright, looks like Champion Data have tweaked the way they calculate their Supercoach points.

The article can be found <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ranking-mixture-spiced-up/story-e6frf9jf-1226025762939">here[/url]

These tweak dont look to have been used when determining new salaries, so if we take a look- we should be able to find a bit of an advantage- no matter how small. Where they really take effect is with the premiums who you are looking to get a couple of points out of.

So, lets check em out over the break

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Similarly, free kicks against have gone from minus six points to minus four because Champion Data has found they are not as critical to team performance.
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Now, if we grab the greatest offenders from last year, we can see how much more they *should* have scored under the new formula.

NameFA

Dean Brogan4.6

Michael Osborne4

Ed Barlow4

Mark Jamar4

Darren Jolly4

Lance Franklin4

Brad Ottens4

Daniel Jackson3.86

Brock McLean3.67

Leon Davis3.67

Nathan Lovett-Murray3.67

Domenic Cassisi3.64

Cameron Ling3.56

Stephen Milne3.52

Luke Hodge3.52

Mitch Clark3.37

Brad Sewell3.33

Byron Schammer3.33

Nick Suban3.29

Colin Sylvia3.2


Makes a big case for Franklin who is automatically 4ppg under priced due to this change, but a couple of other big names are Jolly, Neon if you swing that way, Hodge when hes back from injury and Colin Sylvia who, based on this is at least 3.2ppg under priced.

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Turnovers are no longer marked as hard because the forward press forces more of them.
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Now,its unknown exactly how many points this one will actually add to a player, so Im just going to list the average TOs per game and we can speculate from their.

NameTurnovers

Matthew Boyd10.1

Dane Swan9.8

Liam Anthony9.7

Chris Judd9.4

Sam Mitchell9.2

Leigh Montagna9

Colin Sylvia8.5

Daniel Connors8.4

Luke Hodge8.3

Shane Tuck8.2

Adam Goodes8.1

Ryan Griffen8.1

Brent Moloney8.1

Bradley Ebert8

Andrew Embley8

Gary Ablett8

Kane Cornes8

Michael Barlow7.9

Brett Deledio7.9

Travis Boak7.8

Adam Cooney7.8


Unsuprisingly, the most turnovers are generated by those guys who get the most votes. I wonder how much these TOs are worth- surely just a percentage of a point? or does this mean there could be some huge upside to the DreamTeam stars, Boyd, Swan and even Sylvia?

*amended changes*

<blockquote>Uncontested mark from teammate 2 Points from 1 point</blockquote>

nameUncontested Marks

Brian Lake8.1364

Sam Gilbert7.0909

Sam Fisher6.9000

Darren Milburn6.7895

Jason Blake6.4091

Nathan Bock6.3077

Andrew Mackie6.2857

Cheynee Stiller6.1111

Robert Murphy6.0000

Liam Anthony6.0000

Heath Grundy5.9545

Nick Riewoldt5.9091

Cale Morton5.9000

Bret Thornton5.8333

Brad Green5.8182

Jarrod Harbrow5.6842

Brent Stanton5.6500

Adam Goodes5.6364

Brady Rawlings5.6364

Paul Bevan5.6154


Now, apparently these only relate to forward kicks, so while they mightnt be great for the Lakes of the world, Roo and Goodes will love it!

Additionally, 2 new stats have been added under the hood.

<blockquote>Long kick to advantage - 7 points
</blockquote>

nameLong kicks

Brett Deledio7

Paul Chapman6.9

Leigh Montagna6.8

Brendon Goddard6.8

Daniel Jackson6.7

Daniel Connors6.7

Nick Malceski6.7

Paul Duffield6.7

Matthew Pavlich6.5

Quinten Lynch6.4

Josh Drummond6.4

Ryan Griffen6.4

Richard Douglas6.4

Shannon Hurn6.4

Danyle Pearce6.3

James Gwilt6.3

Sam Mitchell6.3

Heath Scotland6.2

Heath Shaw6.1

Andrew Mackie6


Now, firstly remember- these are already currently worth 4 points, and must be effective to take the points (which is something the above doesnt!). That said, it makes Lids and Goddard even tastier.

<blockquote>Mark on lead - 5 points
</blockquote>

nameMarks in 50

Daniel Bradshaw4.8

Barry Hall3.8

Nick Riewoldt3.6

Jack Riewoldt3.6

Jonathan Brown3.6

Jarryd Roughead3

Travis Cloke3

James Podsiadly2.9

Kurt Tippett2.9

Steve Johnson2.9

Kyle Hardingham2.8

Cameron Mooney2.8

Brendan Fevola2.6

Lance Franklin2.6

Brad Green2.5

Mark Lecras2.5

Jay Schulz2.5

Brett Burton2.5

Brett Ebert2.4

Ricky Petterd2.3


This is a 3 point increase from the current uncontested mark, but still a 1 point decrease from the current contested mark. The above doesnt neccessarily relate to a lead-up mark, but it does show a fair indication on the type of player that should see a couple of PPG increase due to it. Hello tall and lead-up forwards!

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"Clangers" have been converted into one stat -4 points, Clanger kick down from -8 Points and Clanger handball down from -6 Points
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NameClangers

Ed Barlow4.0000

Lance Franklin3.9412

Stephen Milne3.9048

Colin Sylvia3.8667

Daniel Jackson3.7143

Byron Schammer3.6667

Nathan Lovett-Murray3.6667

Jared Brennan3.5556

Matthew Boyd3.5000

Brock McLean3.3333

Travis Boak3.3000

Domenic Cassisi3.2727

Sam Gilbert3.2727

Sam Mitchell3.2222

Luke Hodge3.1905

Adam Goodes3.1818

Brendan Fevola3.1765

Jarrad Waite3.1333

Brent Moloney3.1111

Dean Brogan3.1000

Ryan OKeefe3.0952


Now, this one could be a huge benefit! If Buddy was averaging 4 clangers by foot per game, then were looking at a massive 16ppg increase from it! Same probably goes for Sylvia as well!

*end amended changes*

A rumour that I heard earlier in the year when I first heard that CD were tweaking their formula. When a player gets a contested possession, and is infringed before they dispose of it (ie- Selwood picks up the ball in a pack and the slides an arm up to his neck) - last year- the disposal was chalked up from a contested possession. This year, its only chalked up as uncontested. Someone has mentioned to me that all free kicks are contested possessions- so Im not exactly sure how much this will affect the players listed- but unlike the chart, being high on this one is probably a bad thing.

Adam Selwood2.56

Hamish Hartlett2.5

Andrew Swallow2.36

Joel Selwood2.29

Dean Brogan2.25

Luke Hodge2.05

Mark Jamar2.05

Daniel Cross2.05

Sam Reid2

Daniel Kerr2

Matt Priddis2

Lance Franklin1.94

Jimmy Bartel1.9

Jude Bolton1.86

Marc Murphy1.86

Sam Mitchell1.83

Trent Cotchin1.82

Angus Monfries1.82

Dean Cox1.82

Nick Riewoldt1.82


Unsuprisingly, J. Selwood features prominately in this chart, but also to look at is A. Swallow!

Finally, the last rumour I heard was
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Gaining possesion from a hit out will not automatically be regarded as a contested posession.
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Name1st Possession

Matt Priddis8.5

Matthew Boyd8.4

Chris Judd7.8

Jobe Watson7.8

Sam Mitchell7.4

Brent Moloney7.1

Simon Black6.7

Dane Swan6.5

Shaun Burgoyne6.4

Lenny Hayes6.3

Josh P Kennedy6.3

Adam Cooney6.2

Aaron Sandilands6.1

Shane Tuck6

Gary Ablett6

Joel Selwood5.9

Andrew Swallow5.8

Luke Ball5.7

David Mundy5.6

Benjamin Hudson5.6


Again, this is a rumour, and its unknown the exact effect of it, but hey- it could be worth considering...

Anyways, its very late in the piece, but better late than never with this info, right!!