In the lead up to the new Fantasy A-League season, Fox have taken up a suggestion I made last year, published in my winner’s interview from last season (You can read that here). To add scoring metrics that go beyond goal scorers.
The main defensive scoring changes being:
The main defensive scoring changes being:
- For every 8 recoveries by a player: 1 point
- For a total of 8 blocks, clearances or interceptions by a player: 1 point
The wording for these rules is unfortunately clunky. In the case of blocks, clearances and interceptions, we know of course the player doesn’t need an exact total of 8 (rather than 9 or 10), but that’s how it reads. But it does raise the question, if a player gets 16, will they get 2 points?
That’s not clear.
The other thing that is frustrating is the effect that distributions will play on this scoring. If a player gets 8 recoveries, is that really so much better than getting 7? I’m sure there will be plenty of frustrating 7 CBI scores in the game this season. Equally perplexing is the fact that recoveries (R) and clearances, block and interceptions (CBI) are rated equally at 1/8th of a point.
Yet why not give 1 point for every 4 CBI&R so that distributions would at least play a lesser role whilst not complicating the scoring system?
That’s not clear.
The other thing that is frustrating is the effect that distributions will play on this scoring. If a player gets 8 recoveries, is that really so much better than getting 7? I’m sure there will be plenty of frustrating 7 CBI scores in the game this season. Equally perplexing is the fact that recoveries (R) and clearances, block and interceptions (CBI) are rated equally at 1/8th of a point.
Yet why not give 1 point for every 4 CBI&R so that distributions would at least play a lesser role whilst not complicating the scoring system?