WBBL|06 Predictions – Round 1

(The high-profile portion of) cricket is wasting no time with cracking into action – within twelve hours of the AFLM Grand Final finishing, the sixth season of the Women’s Big Bash League is teeing off in Sydney – where the whole tournament will be held, thanks to a certain global pandemic. There’s a lot to watch out for this season, and many questions that we’re soon to be held – and our Elo ratings (and a few other statistical projects) will be included the whole way.

AFLM Predictions – Round 1, 2020

It’s that time of year again, with everyone gearing up to see the start of the new AFLM season. Nothing, not even global pandemics, is set to get in the AFL’s way, as we’re set for a season full of twists, turns, and tips. Richmond are gunning to defend their title and enter themselves into ‘dynasty’ discussions, Geelong are looking to fight back after their spectacular late fadeout, and any number of teams are looking to bust into the finals like Brisbane did last year. And we’ll be here to try and predict it all.

AFLW Predictions – Round 1, 2020

As part of the AFL’s quest for cultural dominance, and a general belief that this is just a curtainraiser for the ‘real’ footy, the AFLW season is teeing off tonight, far too early in February. The fans are excited, the media has been giving it enough coverage to make sure people are aware it’s happening, and the finest female footballers in the country are strapping their boots on, ready to give it a shake. As are we with our predictions – and we had a lot to do over the off season.

WBBL|06 Predictions – Round 5

We finally got (most of) a game day in on Sunday, with only one game being abandoned! The three winning teams all had great boosts to their chances – the Thunder got an upset victory over the sketchy-looking Brisbane Heat, the Sixers comfortably beat the Renegades in a contest that wouldn’t have been as close without an impressive Georgia Wareham innings, and the Stars finally got a result from their season, beating Hobart.

WBBL|06 Predictions – Round 4

Short post on this one due to time constraints. The major takeaway from last round is that the Hurricanes (more than any other team) will be cursing the rain, given they were on track for a big upset over the top-rated side that they now lose the chance for. The WBBL ladder is tightening now, but today’s winners (Perth and the Thunder) are tipped to join the Heat and Sixers in our final at this point.

WBBL|06 Predictions – Round 3

A rainy Monday in Sydney meant that we barely got enough cricket, with only the one (shortened) game between the Adelaide and the Sixers getting a result. Being able to get a win for the Sixers has greatly helped them, being able to bank an extra point on everyone else in what will turn out to be an astoundingly close season at this rate.

WBBL|06 Predictions – Round 2

The first day of the sixth WBBL season was, unfortunately, one of the less exciting ones. The first two games ultimately led to easy victories to Adelaide and Brisbane, with the former having great success with debutants Darcie Brown and Laura Wolvaardt and the latter being steered to victory by a Grace Harris fifty.

AFLM Predictions – Round 18, 2020

So, here we are – the final round of the home and away season, only three weeks after it’d been initially scheduled for (not a bad effort, to give the AFL credit). And the flexible fixturing has turned out really well, with essentially every match featuring a team with a chance to royally mess up the last round and their finals hopes.

AFLM Predictions – Round 17, 2020

AFLM Predictions – Round 16, 2020

Three games to go for most of the competition, and we’re at a stage where we can start to make concrete predictions about who’s going to end up finishing where. Before that, though, we’ll look at the teams involved and classify them into a few main categories:

AFLM Predictions – Round 15, 2020

AFLM Predictions – Round 14, 2020

Footymania v2.0 kicks off (and thank god they haven’t gone with any sort of execrable marketing campaign of that sort) this afternoon, with a Hawthorn v Essendon game (and, if those clubs were as big as their supporters regularly claim to be, they wouldn’t be playing on neutral territory at 4.40pm Thursday).