(06-04-2018, 11:05 PM)Lods link Wrote:In 1999 they were still top for "Points for" (albeit a little bit closer) but they were 10th best defensively...so it's a fair point Paul makes in saying they just went for it and said catch us if you can.
In terms of aggregates for goals in games, "total of goals for and against" there is very little difference between the top and bottom teams.
Other than the Dogs, the lowest scoring games regardless of for or Against are not the ones people expect.
Dogs, GWS, GC, Aints, Norp, Sydney, Geelong are all below the AFL average of 262 goals in games for the first in 11 rounds.
Freo is the average at about 262.
Carlton games are just above average at 267, that's 24 goals for and against per game.
The teams participating in the highest scoring games on average are just averaging a couple of goals per game better at 26.
The media would make this out to be earth shatteringly low scoring, it's just not the case and certainly not Carlton's problem.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"