League Averages - North Melbourne

[Rooboy 96]

Just had a look on footywire at 2014 season averages

Kicks 6th
Handballs 6th
disposals 6th
marks 6th
goals 8th
behinds 5th
tackles 13th
hitouts 7th
frees for 6th
frees against 8th

so yeah our end of season 6th was about right, and after the finals we are 3rd.

 

[archereleven]

If we could get tackles into the top 5 it'd go along way to us taking the next step imo

 

[Yianni]

Yep. Tackles up for me.

Sydney creamed us because their pressure forced us to turn the ball over.

If we can force more turnovers, we're good on the rebound.

Next year, teams need to know they won't have long on the ball against us. Pretty much the opposite of the Rd 1 match against *

 

[kelman]

so yeah our end of season 6th was about right, and after the finals we are 3rd.

Why would we be 3rd (and above Port) after finals?

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

Why would we be 3rd (and above Port) after finals?

Technically we were the higher ranked Prelim (playing winner of 1 v 4) but I think they take it from where you finished the regular home and away & Port is above us.

 

[Mr Reliable]

Next year I'd like us to have a few players playing so well that they feature in media voting, all-Australian discussions etc.

It's not the personal glory for the players that I care about. It's the sign that we have a few really good players in the team who are performing consistently well.

We need our own Robbie Gray and our own Luke Hodge and our own Travis Boak and our own Sam Mitchell.

 

[utility]

Yep. Tackles up for me.

But quantity AND quality.

 

[tazaa]

What is our finishing position?
Port finished 5th, beat 8th, knocked out 4th and were eliminated by 2nd.
North finished 6th, beat 7th, knocked out 3rd and were eliminated by 1st.

I guess for draft sakes you want 4th.

 

[Deadeyeroo]

As I understand we have finished 4th and will go into the draft the same way.

 

[hcd199]

What is our finishing position?
Port finished 5th, beat 8th, knocked out 4th and were eliminated by 2nd.
North finished 6th, beat 7th, knocked out 3rd and were eliminated by 1st.

I guess for draft sakes you want 4th.

We're 4th. We were 3rd at the end of 2007 because we were higher than Collingwood on H&A; has nothing to do with which team knocks us out, and everything to do with where we were before the finals.

 

[abby]

What is our finishing position?
Port finished 5th, beat 8th, knocked out 4th and were eliminated by 2nd.
North finished 6th, beat 7th, knocked out 3rd and were eliminated by 1st.

I guess for draft sakes you want 4th.

We finished 4th.

Both Port and Us made the prelim but because Port finished higher than us in the H&A season they finish 3rd while we finish 4th.

Same as Geelong would have finished the season in 5th and Freo finished in 6th.

 

[Horace]

Next year I'd like us to have a few players playing so well that they feature in media voting, all-Australian discussions etc.

It's not the personal glory for the players that I care about. It's the sign that we have a few really good players in the team who are performing consistently well.

We need our own Robbie Gray and our own Luke Hodge and our own Travis Boak and our own Sam Mitchell.

Why can't we just have them themselves?