MAFL 2013 : Team Dashboard for Round 3

Five teams remain equal on competition points, undefeated and at the head of the competition ladder, but their percentages range from the Dons' 200 to the Cats' 109.

The Roos wish games didn't have a third quarter, Fremantle wishes they didn't have a fourth, the Dons and Port would be happy if games only had third and fourth quarters, while Melbourne wishes games didn't have any quarters at all.

Whilst it's only early days in the competition, the Lions' coaching staff must be a bit concerned with their team's conversion rate, which currently sits at just 37.5% (30 from 80). The Lions have been generating about 27 scoring shots per game - which while it isn't top-drawer, is acceptable - but their appalling conversion rate has seen them average just 10 goals a game. That makes it hard to win.

Fremantle makes for an interesting comparison. They've generated one fewer scoring shot per game, on average, but their conversion rate of over 53% has allowed them to average over 14 goals per game, 4 more than the Lions. 

MAFL 2013 : Team Dashboard for Round 2

After just two rounds there's not a lot to comment on in the latest Team Dashboard other than, perhaps, to note that Melbourne are now the only team not to have won a quarter in either of their games and that they have a percentage of 8 in third terms and 14 in fourth terms; that the Cats have lost all four quarters from the first half of their two games and won all four quarters from the second half; and that Essendon, Port Adelaide and Sydney have outscored their opponents, in aggregate, in all four quarters.

MAFL 2013 : Team Dashboard for Round 1

Right now, only four of last season's finalists find themselves amongst the competition's Top 8, and none fill any of the top 3 ladder positions.

MAFL 2012 : Team Dashboard for Round 23 (Final)

The final Team Dashboard for 2012 is below.Ladder position aside, some of the good and bad points for each team are: 

• Adelaide: 2nd on own scoring shot creation but 9th in Q2s
• Brisbane Lions: 5th on own scoring shot conversion but 15th in Q2s 
• Carlton: 5th on opponent scoring shot conversion but 13 in Q1s
• Collingwood: 1st on opponent scoring shot conversion but 10th on opponent scoring shot creation and 13th in Q4s
• Essendon: 7th on Q2s but 15th on own scoring shot conversion
• Fremantle: 2nd on opponent scoring shot creation but 12th on own scoring shot creation
• Geelong: 1st on Q4s but 12th on Q3s
• Gold Coast: 3rd on opponent scoring shot conversion (and 17th on a number of measures)
• GWS: 12th on opponent scoring shot conversion (and 18th on a number of measures)
• Hawthorn: (1st on a number of measures) but 9th in Q3s
• Kangaroos: 1st on own scoring shot conversion but 13th on opponent scoring shot conversion
• Melbourne: 7th on opponent scoring shot conversion but 18th in Q4s
• Port Adelaide: 6th in Q3s but 17th on opponent scoring shot conversion
• Richmond: 3rd in Q3s and 4th on own scoring shot creation, but 17th in Q2s
• St Kilda: 2nd in Q3s and 3rd on own scoring shot creation, but 11th in Q1s
• Sydney: 1st in Q1s and Q3s, but 7th on own scoring shot creation and 11th in Q4s
• West Coast: 2nd in Q4s but 15th on opponent scoring shot conversion
• Western Bulldogs: 14th in Q2s (if we're forced to list something), but 18th on own and opponent scoring shot conversion 

MAFL 2012 : Team Dashboard for Round 22

The Team Dashboard for Round 22 is below, but before we get there, recognising that percentages might play a role in determining teams' final ladder positions this season, I wanted to share a simple way to estimate the effects of a single game result on a team's percentage.

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