AFL Rd 13 2024 Post Game Celebrations - Carlton vs Essendon

[DJC]

There are more stats the AFL used, which i've eluded to previously, that the general public does not have access to but a got a glimpse of last year.
Talks about ruck hitouts sharked etc on top of that.

Nobody is saying its perfect.
But its not black and white either.
That information is better than no information. It paints a better picture than no information.

You've argued about how the midfield does half the work for the ruckman in the past......to which i've responded with relativity in that Pittonet was consistently above TDK despite using the same midfield and same rotations.

So, don't go better your house on these stats. But if its a choice between betting your house on these stats, or 1 persons individual opinion on any given battle, i'm putting my money on the stats because the opinions vary so wildly.

Someone bagged out TDKs game this week, i think in the in-game thread, then he got BOG from both coaches.

And that's the flaw in your argument.  The stats that you use to determine whether Pitto is above the King are unreliable because they are poorly chosen/defined, are too simplistic, are dependent on the actions/abilities of more than one player, and are subject to the fickle bounce of the footy. 

Let's say that I spot you on the half forward flank and fire a 35m pass to your advantage.  You chose to wear short stops and lose your footing as you sprint towards the ball.  LP dashes past you, gathers the ball and boots it back over my head.  My kick goes down as an ineffective kick because you fell over and LP took advantage, not because my kick was poor or ill-directed.  LP's kick goes off the side of his boot but travels 45m to where EB and the Prof are wrestling for position.  The ball bounces off their hands and rolls out of bounds and LP is credited with an effective kick to go with his intercept.  :