AFL Rd 13 2024 Post Game Celebrations - Carlton vs Essendon

[DJC]

As mentioned previously, the list of AFL stats we are used to are just the tip of the iceberg.
Champion data have 100's of different stats that we don't ever hear about.

Have a look at David King doing some of his analysis on fox footy and listen to the stats he uses and tell me where you've seen them in print or online before.....you haven't.

[member=906]Lods[/member]...
If i had access to the amount of stats that are available (just not to the public) perhaps i could give you some winners.
But alas, i'm attempting to read the tea leaves and the force.

It really doesn’t matter what stats David King or any of the “footy analysts” uses; the garbage in, garbage out principle still holds. 

I still have statistics text books from uni and bad memories of using punch cards for computer analyses of data for my thesis.  As basic as it was, that is statistical analysis and that’s not what gets churned out by the football statistics industry.

Let’s say Baggers wins a ruck contest and directs the ball to me.  I kick the ball 30m downfield where it’s marked by an opposition player.  Baggers gets a hitout to advantage and I get a clearance and a clanger.

Joe Daniher took 12 marks tonight. An outstanding performance … unless you know that a significant part of that total came in the last few minutes of the game when Brisbane was running the clock down.

Then there’s Alex Cincotta. He averages just over 9 disposals in his last 5 games but has been one of our most influential and effective players.

Perhaps Champion Data does have some meaningful stats that they are keeping to themselves.  I suspect that it’s more a case of manipulating dodgy data to promote controversy and interest.