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Career High SuperCoach Score: 152 Vs GWS Giants (2021)
Career High AFLFantasy Score: 148 Vs Hawthorn (2022)
Career High SuperCoach Average: 93.4 (2021)
Career High AFLFantasy Average: 98.6 (2021)
Impact on new club
We didn’t have to wait long for our first move of the AFL trade and free agency window, with Karl Amon moving on day one to the Hawthorn Football Club. Immediately, his arrival provides the Hawks with a healthy option across one of the wings. Last year, he averaged 24 disposals and five score involvements per game. His strengths are his running power and the ability to create space between the arcs.
The arrival of the 27 year old will likely not advance the Hawks immediate finals aspirations. Still, it does give them a strong wingman while the nucleus of Josh Ward, Jai Newcombe and Connor Macdonald develop as the core of the future midfield.
I don’t think it’s a bad addition, especially as his salary is the only ‘cost’ to the club. However, I wonder if the Hawks would’ve been better off investing the game time in a teenager that will be at the peak of his power in 4-5 seasons.
Impact on the old club
Over the past two seasons, Karl Amon has transitioned from helpful fringe wingmen into being clearly the Power’s best outside midfielder. His departure isn’t a disaster for the club as they have several candidates who can transition into this role.
At the 2021 draft, Josh Sinn was a player that Port invested heavily into land last year. His combination of elite speed and silky skills could make for a tasty inclusion onto the wings of Alberton. He’s yet to show much of his skills at the SANFL level, but as a junior, he has the skills worth allowing a crack at it.
Port Adelaide could also look to push Kane Farrell up from the half-back flank into the wings, while Miles Bergman, who’s already back into the best 22, looks to possess all the skills to be an elite wingman. With Xavier Duursma already holding down one wing, Port is blessed with several options that could take the spot opened up by Amon’s departure.
Of course, Port could head to the draft with pick #8 and could look to draft Oli Hollands, Cam Mackenzie or Jhye Clark all of whom could easily play across the wings.
Fantasy Summary
Over the past two seasons, Karl Amon has been a handy selection in draft formats with averages in the high 90s in AFLFantasy, and high 80s – low 90s in SuperCoach. Like any wingmen, they almost always score better in AFLFantasy. That’s due to the scoring weighting in SuperCoach being more favourable to contested and high efficiency. Neither of these does Amon excel.
At Port Adelaide, he showed his scoring ceiling with four scores over 120 in AFLFantasy, including a career high against his now club Hawthorn with a 148. However, pure wingmen do experience more scoring volatility than any other midfielder. That’s because they rely heavily upon the services of the inside midfielders. And as promising as the young Hawks midfield looks, it’s not yet to the level of the Power.
In salary cap formats, he’d need to push his scoring north of 10-15 points per game to return a value for money as a midfielder in our starting squads. Even if he stayed at Port Adelaide, I don’t see that happening, so it’s a pass from me.
It’d be in the drafting formats of the game that he’ll be regularly selected. I’d suspect he’s more likely to slide than hold his scoring, but I don’t see him falling drastically off the relevance radar.
