Lystics AFL Podcast

It's decision time for St Kilda. Publicly they are saying finals in 2020, but internally they need to be crystal clear about whether that's the best path forward.

We take a look at the St Kilda's list build, contracts, free agency, trade and drafting options, as well as who might need to move off the list to make room.

A few years of targeting mature players and missing on draft picks have left North with a list age gap. Some good recent drafting and trading has attempted to fill the blanks, but there is still some work needing to be done.

We take a look at the North Melbourne's list build, contracts, free agency, trade and drafting options, as well as who might need to move off the list to make room.

The Sydney Swans have been a star team of the competition for a long while, often refusing to rebuild while maintain a presence at the pointy end of the ladder. Any early exit from finals last season has forced them to act, but they are bringing the pieces together for an assault on the top 8 in coming years.

We take a look at the Swans's list build, contracts, free agency, trade and drafting options, as well as who might need to move off the list to make room.

In this episode we will try our best to put the conversation to bed over one of the most controversial trades we've ever seen.

We also take a look at Carlton's contracts, free agency, trade and drafting options, as well as who might need to move off the list to make room.

From finals in 2018, to bottom 2 in 2019. The Dees have had a shocking season, and will look to climb the ladder again in 2020, but will need to inject some new players and alter the game plan. We take a look at the Demon's list build, contracts, free agency, trade and drafting options, as well as who might need to move off the list to make room.

One year on from where the podcast all started, we return to our roots and review AFL list, in reverse ladder order. We start by looking at the player retention challenged Gold Coast Suns, and what they can do to work their way up the ladder. We'll cover trading, drafting, free agency, contracts, and all things in between.

Part 3: Finally, here is the combined ranking for the U18s draft prospects, including our rationale for sorting and ranking players. This takes our subjective and objective rankings into account, as well as player biometrics to provide a rounded prospect rating system.

The U18s Championships are over for another year. WA were crowned champs, Deven Robertson the Larked Medal, and now that it's over, we'll be putting together a 2-3 part series on our assessment of the Champs. Part 1 is the subjective assessment that's driven by what we saw when watching, Part 2 the objective assessment which is what we see in the data, and Part 3 will be our Power Rankings.

The U18s Championships are over for another year. WA were crowned champs, Deven Robertson the Larked Medal, and now that it's over, we'll be putting together a 2-3 part series on our assessment of the Champs. Part 1 is the subjective assessment that's driven by what we saw when watching, Part 2 the objective assessment which is what we see in the data, and Part 3 will be our Power Rankings and early Mock Drafts.

Part 2: Our objective assessment of the players is how they performed as per the data. We've broken the stats down by position, and into what is important for each of those positions. This throws up some unexpected names, as well as shows just how good some players are.

The U18s Championships are over for another year. WA were crowned champs, Deven Robertson the Larked Medal (during the podcast recording it hadn't been awards, but we assumed he's win it after breaking the carnival record for most disposals.

Now that it's over, we'll be putting together a 2-3 part series on our assessment of the Champs. Part 1 is the subjective assessment that's driven by what we saw when watching, Part 2 the objective assessment which is what we see in the data, and Part 3 will be our Power Rankings and early Mock Drafts.

Part 1: We wanted to take the time to reflect on our subjective assessment of the players now that we've seen them all playing at the same level of competition for a month. Who impressed us and has moved into Top 5, Top 10, and First round contention? Who surprised us and has come from the clouds and into 2nd - 4th round contention. Tune in to find out.

If we could make as many changes without opposition to the rules that govern player movement, how many changes would we make.

We outline a series of changes that would open up player movement and improve conditions for both players and clubs.