05-07-2023, 06:55 AM
(05-07-2023, 05:06 AM)Professer E link Wrote:You forgot goal assists, an important stat.
But they were, based on disposals and goals twice as effective as our two = contributed 24 points more = essentially the margin.
I think it comes down to impact (a hard thing to measure), not just flitting in and out of the game. What are blokes doing when they don't have the ball is the question ? Are they consistently presenting or getting to good positions.... because I'm not the only one who doesn't think they do it often enough.
One of our real problems is consistency, we have no bankable players. For example, Newman was close to BOG for us versus the Giants, yet he stunk on Friday. Why does output vary so much from game to game,?
Last question first....
Because we are still developing. We are still learning to play together. Kemp, Motlop, Honey, Cincotta, Hollands, Acres all played on the weekend. They have played a total of 84 games in navy blue between them. Add in Durdin, Cerra, Hewitt and we have 9 players who have donned the navy blue a total of 130 times, an average of 14 games.
How well do you reckon they know how eachother plays? Most of them are still trying to work out how to play the game themselves, so how anybody else knows what to expect from them is anybody's guess.
First question next...
Cameron - 2 goal assists, nobody else had any.
If you want to normalise the other stats, that is expand them so they played the same game time, we'd get an extra goal and a few more disposals out of them to even the ledger up a bit.
However, Charlie Cameron is about the best small forward in the game, and we have a few blokes who still need directions on how to get to Marvel stadium they are so fresh by comparison.
Did anyone think that we'd be able to match Charlie Camerons output?
FYI, he is a 4 time leading goalkicker with Brisbane (last 4 years) and is leading theirs this year as well, despite big Joe Daniher up there. He is currently 3rd in the coleman medal behind Jezza Cameron and our own Charlie. He's a former AA. He is top shelf.
Our guys are still finding their feet.
Durdin (21yo) - 29 games
Motlop (19yo) - 19 games
Cameron (28yo) - 183 games
Bailey (23yo) - 101 games