The supplement scandal that will see 17 players (12 from Essendon, 2 from Port Adelaide and 1 each from Western Bulldogs, Melbourne and St Kilda) ruled out for the 2016 Premiership season has changed the shape of our 2016 AFL Season Projections originally published in the first week of 2016. The obvious loser is Essendon who we originally forecast to be a contender to return to finals action. The updated TipBetPro projection has made the assumption that no top-up player brou

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-12/guilty-court-bans-the-essendon-34-for-2016 A massive blow for Essendon but for 2016 premiership hopes the real loser in terms of realistic premiership threats could be Port Adelaide who will lose Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries. TipBetPro will be re-doing our season projections as soon as word comes out on replacement players. Players to miss the 2016 season. Essendon: Jobe Watson Dyson Heppell Cale Hooker Michael Hurley Tom Bellchambers H

So we've looked at squad development, talent and depth but which team does the TipBetPro statistical model predict will take out the 2016 premiership? The TipBetPro model has adapted our statistically tested algorithm for predicting matches to rate every player on an AFL list for the 2016 AFL premiership season. From this baseline ranking, we have projected improvement and decline for each player throughout the 2016 season using historical trends based primarily on age and A