06-02-2017, 09:03 AM
(06-01-2017, 10:39 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:My confidence comes from a few places.
1. No bombers/lions easy beats this year for teams to inflate their scoring.
2. On average at the end of last season (vs this season) many teams are conceding on average less points per match than last season. Likewise, it's fifty fifty in terms of teams scoring more on average (points scored/conceded divided by matches played). It's still early for this. It can change.
3. I watch a lot of footy. Games seem tighter, scoring isn't as quick, games are more open but generally the games are more end to end, with most of the play between the arcs and lots of turnovers entering forward fifty.
I might have drawn some false conclusions, and some false perceptions. However I'm confident in my opinions. Time will tell, but I'm not overly concerned about it. We're getting opportunities, we are semi efficient with scoring, there is room for improvement and if our final kick entering fifty was cleaner we'd score more goals.
Scoring is down, footy has changed, tougher year this year etc.
Sure.
But...
Before last round, we were the only team to not have scored 100 goals so far this season.
We've only played 2 of the top 7 teams thus far so you certainly can't blame a hard draw.
Whatever trends you perceive to be going on, we are still at the bottom of them.
