NAB CUP form seasonally adjusted
Red figures represent a measure of the depth of talent left out of the team in each NAB match, but that are expected to be available for R1. Numbers are derived by using 4 for superstars (Ablett, Swan, Cox etc), 3 for stars, 2 for contributors and 1 for fringe players
Example: NAB round 2 Fremantle’s score of 11 was made up of Barlow (3), Hill (2), Mayne (2), Pavlich (4). Sandilands (4) did not play but was not included in the figures because he is not expected to play R1.
As well as the red number, allowances are also made for travel-weariness, days break between games, playing conditions and players short of a gallop. This all gets compiled into the “seasonally adjusted” scores for each NAB Cup game below. Following on from the Fremantle round 2 example, the Blues (with a red score of 17) thrashed the Dockers (with a red score of 11) by 70 points in Melbourne.
The score out of 6 given (see for each team below) for this would usually be 6 out of 6 for Carlton and 2.2 for the Dockers. The red scores would indicate that the Blues’ form was even better than that. But allowance was made for the fact that Freo played a practice match in Adelaide the week before and were, therefore, travelling east two weeks in a row. And they also got some credit because Fyfe was short of a gallop.
The end result is how teams REALLY went as a guide to their form leading in to R1.
AFL NAB Cup fixture – 2013
Round 1
Week 1
Friday, February 15 – 6:45pm (EDT)
Collingwood 16 v Essendon 14 v Western Bulldogs 16 at Etihad Stadium
Saturday, February 16 – 4:40pm (WST)
West Coast Eagles 22 v Fremantle 16 v Geelong Cats 11 at Patersons Stadium
Sunday, February 17 – 4:10pm (CDT)
Adelaide Crows 29 v Port Adelaide 14 v St Kilda 21at AAMI Stadium
Week 2
Friday, February 22 – 6:45pm (EDT)
Richmond 9 v Melbourne 13 v North Melbourne 5 at Etihad Stadium
Saturday, February 23 – 6:40pm (EST)
Brisbane Lions 17 v Gold Coast Suns 14 v Hawthorn 18 at Metricon Stadium
Sunday, February 24 – 4:40pm (EDT)
GWS Giants 15 v Sydney Swans 25 v Carlton 12 at Blacktown ISP
Round 2
Friday, March 1
Western Bulldogs 10 v Hawthorn 19, 7:40pm (EDT) at Etihad Stadium
Saturday, March 2
Geelong Cats 21 v Adelaide Crows 12, 2:40pm (EDT) at Simonds Stadium
Gold Coast Suns 7 v North Melbourne 11, 3:30pm (EST) at Townsville
Essendon 13 v Richmond 15, 5:10pm (EDT) at Wangaratta
GWS Giants 17 v Brisbane Lions 13 7:00pm (EDT) at Wagga
Carlton 17 v Fremantle 11, 7:40pm (EDT) at Etihad Stadium
Sunday, March 3
Port Adelaide 19 v Melbourne 26, 4:00pm (CDT) at Renmark
St Kilda 22 v Sydney Swans 17, 5:10pm (EDT) at Etihad Stadium
West Coast Eagles 10 v Collingwood 23, 4:40pm (WST) at Patersons Stadium
Round 3
Friday, March 8
GWS Giants 17 v Essendon 14, 6:10pm (EDT) at Manuka Oval
Adelaide Crows 4 v Carlton 10, 8:10pm (CDT) at AAMI Stadium
Saturday, March 9
Hawthorn 24 v Richmond 8, 1:10pm (EDT) at Aurora Stadium
Melbourne 8 v St Kilda 10, 2:30pm (EDT) at Casey Fields
Fremantle 2 v Western Bulldogs 23, 3:30pm (WST) at Northam
Geelong Cats 18 v North Melbourne 10, 3:40pm (EDT) at Simonds Stadium
Collingwood 22 v Brisbane Lions 13, 6:40pm (EDT) at Etihad Stadium
West Coast Eagles 5 v Port Adelaide 8, 7:00pm (CST) at Alice Springs
Sydney Swans 7 v Gold Coast Suns 14, 7:00pm (EDT) at Blacktown ISP
Grand Final & NAB 4 matches**
Friday, March 15
Carl 0* v Bris 0 Etihad * Scotland did not play but is suspended R1&2
NAB4 Matches
Friday 15 March
Geel 3* v Coll 6 Kardinia Park * Steve Johnson & Kelly did not play but are suspended R1
Sat 16 March
Haw 8 v North 18* Craigeburn * McMahon did not play but is suspended R1; Harvey played but is suspended R1-6
GCS 4* v Melb 3 Southport Oval * Brown did not play but is suspended R1-6
GWS 2 v STK 2 Blacktown
Rich 4 v WBD 4 Princes Park, Carlton
Port 9 V Syd 4 AAMI Stadium, Adelaide
** The Crows, dons, Dockers and Eagles do not play NAB4 because they play in the 2 early games in R1.
Score for NAB 1, 2, 3 and 4 where 0 is useless and 6 is sensational.
Adelaide Crows 3.4 1.6 3.7 BYE struggling
Brisbane Lions 4 2.8 5 5.5 momentum
Carlton 3.1 5.2 4.2 1.3 new broom
Collingwood 4.5 6 3 2.5 injuries
Essendon 4 3.8 4.8 BYE consistent
Fremantle 3.5 2.8 4.5 BYE building
Geelong Cats 4 5.4 4.4 5.5 eager to begin well
Gold Coast Suns 3.2 3 3.2 3.4 reasonable
GWS Giants 3.3 2.8 0.8 3.2 patchy
Hawthorn 2.8 3.5 4.8 4.9 building nicely
Melbourne 3.9 4 3.1 2.5 competitive
North Melbourne 2.8 3 3.6 3.2 struggling a tad
Port Adelaide 3.5 2 4 3.7 patchy but ok
Richmond 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.8 reasonable
St Kilda 3.7 4.8 3.9 2.5 consistent
Sydney Swans 2.4 3.4 3.8 3.5 building slowly
West Coast Eagles 4 2.2 3 BYE poor start
Western Bulldogs 2 3.5 1.8 3 in a big rebuild
So, the seasonally adjusted NAB Cup ladder looks like this
Geelong Cats 4.8
Brisbane Lions 4.3
Essendon 4.2
Richmond 4.1
Collingwood 4
Hawthorn 4
St Kilda 3.7
Fremantle 3.6
Carlton 3.5
Melbourne 3.4
Port Adelaide 3.3
Sydney Swans 3.3
Gold Coast Suns 3.2
North Melbourne 3.2
W. Coast Eagles 3.1
Adelaide Crows 2.9
West. Bulldogs 2.6
GWS Giants 2.5