Game Day Round 17 - Port v Bombers

[travbeachking]

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very observant P Mc, but we all know they are never held accountable, no matter how big the stuff up! how many centre bounce recalls? umpires should face the same scrutiny as the players in this professional era, press conferences etc tonight they were poor poor poor

 

[Portmanteau]

whats the difference between disposal and a possesion

 

[Powerade 08]

very observant P Mc, but we all know they are never held accountable, no matter how big the stuff up! how many centre bounce recalls? umpires should face the same scrutiny as the players in this professional era, press conferences etc tonight they were poor poor poor

Hello Paul : )

 

[StuMan]

Hahaha. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw Jonts post.

 

[Greasyrhys]

So we had 292 disposals & still kicked 20 goals, that's 14.6 disposals per goal...

 

[edgie]

You take possession
You don't always dispose of the ball

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Then how is it we disposed of the ball one more time than we actually posses it?

 

[OneGreatClub]

or the high Wingard missed out on, which was clear as day.. yep Essendon were robbed! always blaming someone else when they lose a close one.

Well we have seen over the past 3 years that Essendon are not known for taking any responsibility for their woes.

 

[SteppingTiger]

Then how is it we disposed of the ball one more time than we actually posses it?

I always thought if you kicked the ball off the ground, it was a disposal but not a possession.

Of course if the commentators keep saying someone has had 2 possessions when one was a kick off the ground, then we will remain confused.

 

[PJ Power]

View attachment 156147 How did we win this? Smashed in everything.

Two weeks in a row that our contested possession has been very poor.

 

[Valentino]

Well we have seen over the past 3 years that Essendon are not known for taking any responsibility for their woes.

Interesting he said that the CEO was in the room at the Press Conference because they were worried about what he might say about the umpiring.

Very ordinary performance by Hird.

 

[John the Butcher]

So remember when a port player kicked it into our mate Nicholis the scumpire? I thought that was meant to be a ball up? A la another port game where there was a boundary kick in.

 

[Macca19]

Most people view disposals/possessions/touches as the same thing - getting rid of the ball. Officially though they are different.

From Champion Data:

Disposal - Legally getting rid of the ball, via a kick or a handball

Possession - When a player grabs the ball with a reasonable amount of time to dispose of it. Includes ground ball gets, marks, handball receives, effective contested knock ons and frees for.

 

[ctpower]

I don't understand how in 16 weeks they haven't been able to improve this. The kicking out from a point rarely leads to more than a 50-50 across HB. Similarly we can never clear the ball smoothly from the defensive stoppages.

One of the coaches should have been able to put a finger on it to address it by now.

Yeah spot on pj
The kicks out after we've conceded a point have been ordinary.
We never move the ball quickly enough after a kick out. It's just a long bomb to lobbe and westhoff.

 

[ozph1870]

So remember when a port player kicked it into our mate Nicholis the scumpire? I thought that was meant to be a ball up? A la another port game where there was a boundary kick in.

if the ball bounces off the ump its play on, if the ump marks it like he did v carlton its a ball up.

 

[raman]

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And here's why fantasy football is stupid.

 

[Chokito]

So Sportsbet ream you only cos of disposal count, not posessions -_-

The difference is the scoring accuracy. The bombers should have smashed us in goals, but thankfully they missed.

 

[Grave Danger]

And here's why fantasy football is stupid.

True - one game earlier this season my team got flogged by hundreds in the fantasy points, but scored about 12 more goals than the other team

 

[Grave Danger]

2004 Prelim.

That was 'only' 50-odd less possessions, but we has Roger James.

 

[tribey]

That was 'only' 50-odd less possessions, but we has Roger James.

Yeah, I thought it was more. Relatively, it's still a huge gap.