Player Rater

10th May 2011 Category: Feature

Herald Sun writer Mark Robinson yesterday released his All Australian team for the first 7 rounds of the season. So we thought we’d have a look at how his team compares with the Player Rater team.

For the most part the star names are the same, but there are some key differences. Interestingly the three most obvious differences involve Carlton players.

Note: In line with Robbo's selection, ratings from the St Kilda v Carlton game weren't factored in.

 

ROBBO'S TEAM:

B: Heath Shaw, Michael Jamison, Matthew Scarlett

HB: Heath Scotland, Dustin Fletcher, Brett Deledio

C: Scott Pendlebury, Jobe Watson, Andrew Embley

HF: Dustin Martin, Buddy Franklin, Stewart Crameri

F: Jeff Garlett, Jack Riewoldt, Adam Goodes

Ruck: Aaron Sandilands, Chris Judd, Dane Swan

Inter: Dean Cox, David Mundy, Sam Mitchell, Brent Moloney

Click here for the original article

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLAYER RATER TEAM:

B: Heath Shaw (7.4), Matthew Scarlett (7.4), James Kelly (7.3)

HB: David Mundy (7.6), Harry Taylor (7.0) Nick Dal Santo (7.4)

C: Scott Pendlebury (7.7), Dane Swan (7.7), Brent Moloney (7.5)

HF: Paul Chapman (7.4), Matthew Pavlich (7.6), Nathan Fyfe (7.3)

F: Cyril Rioli (7.9), Lance Franklin (7.5), Adam Goodes (7.2)

Ruck: Dean Cox (7.4), Chris Judd (7.9), Sam Mitchell (7.9)

Inter: Jimmy Bartel (7.7), Andrew Embley (7.5), Aaron Sandilands (7.4), Robert Murphy (7.2)

Note: Underlined players only appear in one team.

 

Defenders:

Michael Jamison (6.3) fell short of consideration for the PR team. A number of other key defenders including Chaplin, Rutten and Frawley were ahead in the pecking order.

Heath Scotland (6.6) was also some way off selection. In the eyes of Player Rater users Scotland's had a solid season without being spectacular.

The inclusion of Dustin Fletcher (6.9) in Robbo's team is understandable; realistically the backline would need an extra tall in place of Kelly or Dal Santo.

Nick Dal Santo's inclusion in the PR team will come as somewhat of a surprise, especially considering St Kilda's poor start. Dal Santo has rated above 6.7 in all of the 5 games he's played this season.

Midfield:

Midfielders tend to be the highest rated players on Player Rater, followed by forwards and then defenders. So a lot of highly rated players miss out due to competition. We've also tried to avoid naming midfielders out of position.

Highly rated players that didn't make the cut include: Jobe Watson (7.7), Matthew Boyd (7.6), Marc Murphy (7.6), Jude Bolton (7.6) and Matt Priddis (7.6).

Forwards:

Jack Riewoldt is the most notable omission from the PR team forward line. Riewoldt's a victim of the round by round rating system, had it not been for 2 poor games in round 2 and 3 he'd currently have a rating of 7.44 as opposed to his actual rating of 6.99. Player Rater rewards consistency and that's probably the one knock on Riewoldt at the moment.

It's fair to say that Jeff Garlett (6.3) has been underrated by Player Rater users. He too suffers from inconsistency, but also the fact that "pressure" doesn't always rate highly.

Cyril Rioli's absence from Robbo's team is an interesting one, and may have to do with the fact that he's only played 4 out of a possible 7 games. We couldn't leave him out though, in his 4 games this year he's averaged 20.5 possessions and 6 tackles and is the top rated player (7.93) through 7 rounds.

Ruck:

Cox, Sandilands and Mumford are the standout ruckmen in the league to this point. Sandilands is only slightly ahead of Mumford in the PR ratings so there's room for personal preference here. Hille and Jamar were the next closest. 

--

For more information and updates you can follow Player Rater through twitter.com/playerrater and facebook.com/playerrater.