Stats 2010

[BSA5]

Thanks Scott

Only 38% TOG for Pykey. If they're going to play him that little, they might as well go with Playfair/White as the 2nd ruckman as we probably don't need 3 talls in the forward line.
76% and 72% TOG for Hanners and Kennedy and they were our best 2 midfielders. Get more time into them Roosy!

On the other hand, Pyke got 19 taps with that 38% game time. Some ruckmen play 70% game time and are happy to get that. Playfair/White would be stoked to reach double figures in that time. In fact, Pyke is getting 18 hitouts a game with an average of 57% TOG. If you only count his games as second ruckman (so with Mummy in the side), he's getting 48% TOG and 18.5 hitouts. Given that being on the ground is Pyke's main weakness (lol), the fact that he's getting lots of hitouts (and they're bloody good ones, too) with minimal TOG is a good argument for keeping him in the side. Play him long minutes, and we lose Mumford's attack value, and Mumford can do just as good a job with taps. Play him short minutes, we still get good tap value while Mummy has a breather (he does need a bit of a rest), and while we lose a bit around the ground, Pyke has shown he has the strength and motor to negate an opponent's influence, so we won't get damaged going the other way (at least not too much). It's better than playing White or Playfair and allowing their rucks to get on top in the middle. Pyke can hold the fort around the ground, even if he doesn't add anything himself, and he adds a lot in terms of tap-value, which I think a lot of people underrate.

In short, because I'm waffling a bit: play him long minutes, and it detracts from Mummy's influence around the ground. Play him short minutes, and it gives Mummy the break he needs, puts on hold the ruckmen's influence around the ground (for both teams), and still maintains good hitout value. Putting White or Playfair in there robs our forwardline, robs us of good tapwork, decreases their time on ground overall (as ruck requires greater fitness levels), robbing our forwardline more, and while they may find a bit more of the ball, their opponent will find more of the ball too. All that for an extra fringe player on the bench? I know what you mean about not needing three talls, but I'd rather see Goodes go onto the wing (or even half back, in a Hodge-type role) than drop Pyke and have White or Playfair play second ruck.

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Round 11 stats are done.

[ScottH]

Round 12 for your pleasure.

[ScottH]

Round 14 are done.
(And 13)

Goodes 15 Disp @ 47%.

[ScottH]

Round 15 stats are done.

Goodes 33 @ 52%
An improvement Adam

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Round 16 are done.

Goodes 25 @ 56%
ROK 24 @ 54%

Jack v Judd
15 v 8 disposals 1st 1/2
8 v 20 disposals 2nd 1/2
78% eff v 43% eff

Jack wins hands down!!
Judds efforts were too little, too late.

[ScottH]

Round 17 are done.

Goodes 26 @ 62%
ROK 10 @ 90%
Tadhg 14 @ 43% ( I think this was one of the keys to Melbournes stifling of our run out of the D50, They pressured the ball carrier)

Score Sources
Stoppages 5.4(34) - 5.2(32)
Kick ins 1.0(6) - 0.0(0)
TURNOVERS - 16.6(102) - 5.7(37) OUCH!!!

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[ScottH]

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Wow, Kennedy is getting less and less minutes every week. Even Meredith and Jetta received more game time this week! On one hand it makes his clearances stats look super-duper impressive (currently top at the Swans) but then on the other it makes you wonder why he's being limited? Is it fitness? Surely he could spend some time up forward, I think his bigger size than your average midfielder could make him very effective up there.

[BSA5]

Wow, Kennedy is getting less and less minutes every week. Even Meredith and Jetta received more game time this week! On one hand it makes his clearances stats look super-duper impressive (currently top at the Swans) but then on the other it makes you wonder why he's being limited? Is it fitness? Surely he could spend some time up forward, I think his bigger size than your average midfielder could make him very effective up there.

Kennedy's clearance work is incredibly impressive. Not only is he racking up big clearance stats on small TOG, he's also spending a large chunk of time on the HFF. Maybe it's fitness that is holding him back, maybe it's just that his height and marking ability make him useful on the flank, but put him in the centre full time and I can't see us losing a clearance count for a fair while. He's a limited player, in that his disposal isn't fantastic (though I reckon it's better than some give him credit for) and he's definitely on the slow side, but put him, Bird and Tom Mitchell around the stoppages with the likes of Jetta, Rohan and Sumner feeding off them, and Jack and McVeigh rotating through, and that's a very well balanced midfield.