A lot of discussion pre-season centred around our goalkicking. A lot of folk were cautious in suggesting any improvement in ladder position because of our lack of forward power.
We have to do better than last year. But how much better can we do?
We may have done a goal kicking prediction pre-season but now the season is underway things are probably a bit clearer.
After 4 rounds we’re eight goals up on last season (including one match in a mud-bath not conducive to high scores). Not a bad effort. Our leading goal-kicker is a bit ahead of last year’s pace……
Carlton 2016
Goals 224 -Behinds 224-Points 1568
After 4 rounds 34.40
Leading Goal-kicker- Matthew Wright 22
Carlton 2017
After 4 rounds 42.40
Leading Goal-kickers
Wright 6
Silvagni 5
Casboult 5
Weitering 4
But after 4 rounds do people want to have a stab at where it will finish up….
How many goals will the team kick?
Who’ll be the leading goal-kicker?
How many goals will win the Carlton goal-kicking?
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271.250
Leading GK Casboult (48)
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
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Goals : 245
Leading goal kicker : Matty Wright
Goal kicking award : As above, 30 goals
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Team: 280.290
Casboult: 40
Murphy: 30
Wright: 30
Silvagni: 30
C Curnow: 20
Weitering: 15 (I think he'll spend time in defence)
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Team 230.250
Wright 30
Silvagni 25
Casboult 20
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Goals - 258
Leading goal kickers
Casboult 42
Wright 28
SOJ 28
Pickett 22
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Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
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267- 257
Casboult 38
Wright 28
Jack S. 22
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The rest I just wasted.
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264 - 264
The Bolt 35
Wright 34
Weitering 33
SOJ 28
Pickett 22
The most encouraging sign for me so far is the 2 goals per game better average than this time last year. Talk was we were going to try and be more attacking this year, and so far so good. It also helps that Cas is kicking straighter, SOJ is building on last year, and I think Pickett will kick a few bags this year, but also kick none a fair few times. I'd prefer we had half a dozen guys kicking 30 than 1 guy kicking 100.
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It's interesting.
2017 goal averages for the top teams are generally up, but our goal average is roughly the same as 2016.
For 2017 if we average 12 per game(264) we will be lower half of the ladder. If we average 10 per game(220) we would be dead last by the end of the season.
So far we are 3rd last for goals scored, only because Collingwood and Hawthorn have had inexplicable drops and are behind us!
At this stage we are the only bottom five team from 2016 that hasn't improved in goal average!
Yet to most fans we appear to be playing better football!
@Lods, great minds think alike! ;D
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