AFL Rd 14 2023 Post Game Passion Carlton vs Gold Coast

[kruddler]

Stats tell a part of the story of any match.
They're not the 'be all and end all'...but one interesting stat is the "Disposal inside 50 efficiency."

It should probably be read in conjunction with the number of times inside 50.
For example in the Adelaide game we had 53 'inside 50s'...Adelaide had 51.
But their "disposal efficiency inside 50" was 64.7%...ours was 39.6%
More inside 50s but much less efficient.

Here's our "disposal inside 50 efficiency" for each game this year.

Rnd 1 v  Richmond -Draw-46.7%
Rnd 2 v Geelong -W- 56.3%
Rnd 3 v GWS  W- 44.3% (GWS was only 37%)
Rnd 4 v North- W- 51.9%
Rnd 5 v Adelaide- L- 39.6%
Rnd 6 v St Kilda -L- 46.2%
Rnd 7 v WCE-W- 71.4%
Rnd 8 v Brisbane-L- 44.7%
Rnd 9 v Western Bulldogs-L-42%
Rnd 10 v Collingwood-L-43.1%
Rnd 11 v Sydney-L-37.3%
Rnd 12 v Melbourne-L-41%
Rnd 13 v Essendon-L- 50%
Rnd 14 v Suns-W-63.6%

Our season average is 48.6%...we were much better yesterday with 63.6%
But with only 4 more inside 50s...55-51
Suns inside 50 efficiency was 41.2%

I was at the game and only saw glimpses of stats they were showing throughout the game.

I kept thinking to myself that these are the same stats we see every week. Clearances close, DE% etc etc

Then i look at the scoreboard and see how straight we have kicked, and how poorly they have kicked and it goes back to what i said last week, we are not far away, kick accurately in front of goal and it makes the world of difference. Kick accurately going inside 50 and it makes the world of difference.

I think the addition of Cuningham, and 2nd week of Martin, made the world of difference with how we moved the ball...and how well we moved the ball. We were able to break through from contests and pinpoint a target. The results speak for themselves.

I be bringing in Fisher, to add to Cunners and Jack, and i think that gives us enough options that we can match it with any side.
Its all about team balance and we are finally starting to get it right.