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[kruddler]

Inside 50's we are second last
Clearances we are second last
Contested ball wins we are 11th
Disposal efficiency            14th

Our midfield is overrated, we struggle at the clearances and even when we do get the ball we are very ordinary with it, contested footy is another poor figure and while I accept the I50's can be be looked at game by game and made to look better if you look at the stats overall its not conducive to kicking goals or giving our forwards many decent opportunities..
Disposal efficiency is very poor given we all know the amount of keepings off we play and chipping the ball around.....
The midfield needs a lot of work IMO.....havent got Kruezers stats but I would say our clearances are probably inflated by his stats which makes our genuine mids efforts even worse..

I'm not saying our midfield doesn't need help.

Its a chicken and egg type thing though.

Do we play the type of game we do, keepings off, because...
- we don't have the talent/nous in our forwardline to make position, and trap the ball in, so its swept away easily.
- we don't have the talent/nous in the midfield to deliver to our forward efficiency.

I'm also not so fussed on contested ball numbers because of the type of game we play. That stat would be better used in a game by game comparison also.

Stats for teams vary based on game plan. Ranked against the other 17 teams will show a trend, but ranking against opponent tells a more complete story.

For example, i haven't looked up the stats, but i'd suggest that Swans would be right up their in stoppage clearances despite having a poor start to the year, and missing Josh Kennedy for a few games. Reason...the style of play they play and the ground they play on. Leads to more congestion, stoppages and thus clearances.
In years past, Geelong willingly gave up clearances by putting extra blokes behind the ball and swooping on the quick kick from them. Not sure if that is still the case though.

Here is another stat for ya.
Same deal as above but expanded further.
On average, for the year we have a shot on goal (not including OOB) 44% of the time we get an inside 50.
Our opponent, has a shot on goal 46% of the time.

So in 100 entries inside 50, our opponent averages 2 more shots on goal compared to us. Now it could be argued that in that we'd kick the ball out on the full 2 more times out of a 100 than our opposition does.
Point being, with the amount of inside 50's we get, and the amount of shots on goal that generates. We are basically on a par with our opposition.