(07-30-2019, 11:15 AM)JonHenry link Wrote:https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.thea...52b4c.html
Under Teague, they're fourth in the AFL for scoring from turnovers in their front half of the ground, compared to 14th from rounds 1 to 11. Efficiency inside their forward-50 arc is first in the AFL over those six weeks.
This shift is evident in an increase in scoring of more than three goals a game. The Blues have averaged 87.5 points under Teague, compared with 67.1 in the first half of the season that Bolton coached.
Yes that is correct and was the main point I made above.
The only significant statistical change is disposal efficiency going inside F50. All the media beat up about massive statistical improvement across the board is bogus, the one key stat that has changed is finding targets inside F50 either on first entries or from turnovers!
Teague deserves a big tick for freeing the players up and for identifying how to fix a significant problem, but I'm can't extend the invention of the game tactics and scoring options to him in just the last 6 weeks. The back line has been steady and playing the way it's played for more than a year now, it hasn't really changed at all in the last few weeks. The argument could be made the biggest change was getting sMurph and Ed back into the midfield, which had the flow on effect of delivering lesser opponents to the likes of Fisher, Walsh and SPS as well as taking some of the team dependency off Cripps.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"