Round 18 Swans v Dogs Match Thread

[stellation]

Gulden was mentioned in the latest episode of the ESPN Footy Podcast, where one of the regulars is a Champion Data employee who provides stats to back up their discussions. They were talking about the best kicks in the AFL and one of the other hosts mentioned that he 'felt' that Gulden was one of the best kicks in the competition and asked the CD guy whether the stats backed that up. He said overall Gulden was landing kicks 2% less than expected (based on the difficulty of the kick, distance, pressure applied) than the average, but interestingly when broken down into short (<40m) and long (40m+) kicks, Gulden was 2nd worst in the comp (behind B.Crouch) in short kicks, and 7th best in long kicks.

I think there's a little mix of genuine creativity, confidence in his own skills and the "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" mindset that leads to Errol's overall kicking efficiency seeming a bit lower than we might expect. The short vs. long is quite interesting, I wonder how many of those short kicks are when playing an inside role (which I guess pressure applied would cater for) or cute/outlandish genuine attempts to thread a needle.

[KSAS]

In his presser today, it was revealed Luke Beveridge broke his hand hitting the White Board during half time. He also cryptically made it known that he wasn't happy Rampe getting off, despite not directly saying so & not commenting further on the tribunal's decision.

[Blood Fever]

Takes himself far too seriously these days.

[liz]

I note that McNeil has been omitted from the Bulldogs' squad this week, as expected, but the reason given is "illness". Yet they list O'Donnell as out with concussion. Weird. Was McNeil actually concussed?

[Markwebbos]

I note that McNeil has been omitted from the Bulldogs' squad this week, as expected, but the reason given is "illness". Yet they list O'Donnell as out with concussion. Weird. Was McNeil actually concussed?

From what KSAS wrote, a suspicious person might think they’d cooked the whole thing up to try to get Rampe banned.

[ugg]

On their website it says both O’Donnell and McNeil are missing through concussion protocols

AFL Team | Round 19

[KTigers]

Takes himself far too seriously these days.

Yes, have you noticed he is wearing glasses these days too. It's a slippery slope. Next he'll be getting a
tidy haircut and wearing clothes that actually fit him. There is something up with him and it's not good.

[Blood Fever]

As an afl coach in Melbourne, it is easy to develop delusions of grandeur.

[Markwebbos]

From the Mongrel Punts “Sliding Drawers” which is a piss take of RWO’s favourite journo Damian Barrett. He has this to say about the Doggies:

The player who will be most upset about losing the Commonwealth Games “would be Tom Liberatore. Just thinking of all those missed gold medal opportunities for hammer throw, javelin, rugby and any other sport that focuses on throwing things …”

Sliding Drawers - Round 19 - The Mongrel Punt