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Whichever way you choose to slice it, its a clear backwards direction.
How much of that is due to the loss of Gibbs.
How much of that is due to the loss of Docherty.
How much of that is due to the number of injuries we've had.
How much of that is due to the lack of development of the players coming through.
How much of that is due to the lack of ability from our coach and coaching department
...we may never know.
But it certainly a concern.
07-21-2018, 01:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2018, 01:30 PM by Lods.)
A bit late this week but here we go....
After 16 games
2016
Goals 166 Behinds 146-(For 1142 - Against- 1448)
Percentage 78.9%
2017(Target 224-224-1568)
Goals 170 Behinds 141- (For 1161- against- 1411)
Percentage 82.3 %
2018
(2017 Target 232 Goals- 202 behinds-1594)
Goals-141 Behinds - 148 (For- 994 , Against- 1631)
Percentage 60.9%
Goalkickers
(2017 Target Casboult 34)
2017
Casboult 24
Wright 23
Silvagni 15
Gibbs 14
Curnow 12
2018
Curnow 27
M Wright 14
McKay 12
Casboult 12
Since the competition went to a 22 round H&A season we have never failed to reach 200 goals in a H&A season
219 is our lowest in 2015
From 2007 to 2013 we scored over 300 goals (except for one year 2012 when we only scored 299)
Our best ever is 402 in 1979 and we went close with 396 in 2000
After 17 games
2016
Goals 176 Behinds 154-(For 1210- Against- 1522)
Percentage 79.5%
2017(Target 224-224-1568)
Goals 181 Behinds 157-(For 1243- Against- 1523)
Percentage 81.6%
2018
(2017 Target 232 Goals- 202 behinds-1594)
Goals-148 Behinds - 158 (For- 1046 , Against- 1755)
Percentage 59.6 %
Goalkickers
(2017 Target Casboult 34)
2017
Casboult 25
Wright 25
Silvagni 15
Gibbs 14
Curnow 14
2018
Curnow 28
M Wright 15
McKay 12
Casboult 12
Percentage drops below 60%.
We thought the 170-180 goal total to this stage was pretty poor last year.
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8.7 goals a game - not even 3 goals a quarter! It's not a lot. We all know it, but it hurts seeing it!
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Tough to read , lack of a regular crumbing forward , Wright has gone missing for most of the year, shadow of last year. Casboult , same , injuries have taken any balance we tried to create , and game plan miss firing , doesn't add up to pretty score line.
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(07-26-2018, 10:24 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Wright has been played up the ground a bit more as part of our rotations which has hurt us a bit but he has been poor in front of goal and out of the game for periods of the game and his position on the list might be in question. I think eh will hang on for another year but needs a good finish to 2018 and a good 2019.
Wright had an impeccable conversion rate in his previous seasons with us but he has lost that ability this season. If he had maintained his accuracy he would have kicked 30 goals or more by now and could have got us across the line in a couple of games (by that I mean that he could have given us a commanding lead or brought us back into contention).
Kicking for goal is an arcane art; some blokes do it naturally and some can't do it at all ... but what makes a reliable goal kicker unreliable? :-\
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