06-22-2024, 03:29 AM
(06-22-2024, 03:02 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Apparently the 2 De Koning boys were the 2 highest rated players on the ground. Tom at 35.5 (highest rating for any player this season) and Sam at 26 points. I assume this is the Champion Data rating system.
It's the second story on this page.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/c...fc7a56c7ed
And that's where the rankings depart from reality. Tom may or may not have been the best player, most valuable player, most influential player, etc, but he was certainly right up there. Sam played well but I'd have four Geelong players ahead of him, not to mention at least five of our players.
Daniel Hoyne has come up with the phrase, "I think the eye lies", when perceptions of player performance don't match his statistics. I don't think the eye is lying in this case.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball