Adelaide Crows - Stats, Data, Trends & Observations

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Sid Draper

Well rounded stat line by Sid yesterday in the SANFL:

• 5 inside 50's
• 4 rebound 50's
• 5 clearances
• 4 tackles

Suggests two things to me - versatility (ability to impact across different areas of the game), and work rate (effort to get to different parts of the ground, tackle, etc.)

Source/s

Matches - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

 

[Rogue77]

Match Day Analysis - 26 April - Brisbane, at Brisbane

Q1


What It Looked/Felt Like

• Brisbane’s pressure was good early - felt like when we got the ball we had little time or space to find a teammate or dispose of the ball effectively (or move it effectively)
• Brisbane made the most of their scoring drives and turnovers
• Adelaide got some momentum back in the second half of the quarter, which looked like it came on the back of reduced Brisbane pressure (give us a little more time and space), and also efficiency going inside 50 (particularly Rankine’s 2 goals - which were both individual brilliance)

What The Stats Say (totals for match)

• Score

ADEL - 25 (4.1)
BRIS - 29 (4.5)

• Disposals

ADEL - 84


BRIS - 80

• Disposal Efficiency

ADEL - 76.2


BRIS - 66.3%

• Inside 50’s

ADEL - 16


BRIS - 14

• Efficiency inside 50

ADEL - 42.9%


BRIS - 56.3%

• Clearances

ADEL - 12


BRIS - 14

• Turnovers

ADEL - 16


BRIS - 14

• Tackles inside 50

ADEL - 3


BRIS - 6

• Free Kicks

ADEL - 5


BRIS - 8

 

[Rogue77]

Q2


What It Looked/Felt Like

• Brisbane scored off turnover (Milera kick) - can’t blame him as he was trying to use the corridor - just a clanger kick
• Adelaide had two very effective scoring chains through Walker and Dawson’s goals - moved the ball directly and quickly up the ground - two inside 50’s for 2 goals
• The Morris goal came on the back of Brisbane being able to get time and space with the ball - nothing Butts could do in the end
• Adelaide started to get forced with their ball movement - bombing it long to Brisbane contested marks instead of looking for shorter handballs or Adelaide players in space
• Adelaide got let off a little with Reville running too far - looked like Brisbane had options going inside 50
• Adelaide had a few opportunities to push the ball up the ground, and made self imposed errors e.g. Berry lack of awareness getting caught holding it (one kick away from an inside 50). This led to the McKenna goal on the turnover
• Adelaide again started kicking the ball long to contests. Brisbane were able to easily force the contest or take the contested mark. Adelaide got let off with a Lohman miss, and then Bailey capitalised on the end of the Laird long kick to a contest. Adel down 56 to 37 at this point of the game
• The momentum really felt like it had swung in favour of Brisbane at this point. Ashcroft got easy space in the middle of the ground and hit up Rayner on the lead. Rayner goal. Brisbane up 62 to 37.
• Adel got the next 2 inside 50’s off what felt like a Brisbane lull in focus/intensity. One went for a rushed behind, and the second for a Keays long miss (after some good play by Berry and Cumming)
• Brisbane started moving the ball with short uncontested marks - got it inside 50 uncontested
• A sloppy passage of play by both teams - turnovers by both. Adelaide got inside 50 and Rankine gave away the push in the back free
• Adelaide got the ball back off the next Brisbane play. Tried to move it latreally and then out onto the wing (instead of bombing it long), but Brisbane were about to anticipate it and spoil/nullify the play
• Adelaide stopped the last Brisbane attacking play, and ran out of time pushing it the other way
• Overall, felt like Adelaide weren’t able to move the ball effectively enough this quarter and Brisbane were able to nullify it or force turnovers when we did. Brisbane were very effective when they did go the other way and got inside 50. Also felt like Adelaide weren't as effective without the individual brilliance of Rankine in the first quarter
  
  

What The Stats Say (totals for match)

• Score

ADEL - 39 (6.3)
BRIS - 62 (9.8)

• Disposals

ADEL - 180


BRIS - 185

• Disposal Efficiency

ADEL - 77.2%


BRIS - 64.9%

• Inside 50’s

ADEL - 24


BRIS - 30

• Efficiency inside 50

ADEL - 37.5%


BRIS - 60%

• Clearances

ADEL - 18


BRIS - 27

• Turnovers

ADEL - 35


BRIS - 32

• Tackles inside 50

ADEL - 4


BRIS - 7

• Free Kicks

ADEL - 11


BRIS - 13

 

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Q3

What It Looked/Felt Like

• Rankine starting in the middle to start the quarter with Berry and Dawson
• Brisbane got 3 immediate inside 50 entries without almost any resistance at the contest - all within a minute. All of them were ineffective
• Adelaide kicked it long outside of 50 and it came back for another Brisbane inside 50 entry
• Adelaide tried working the near wing and couldn’t find any players in space - everything was contested and closed off
• Brisbane another inside 50 which Adel cut off and we went long and contested the other way. Adelaide scrubbed the ball out the contest with a Pedlar free, which ended in a Cook goal after entering 50 - good finishes by Dawson and Cook. Score 62 to 45
• A brilliant clearance by Rankine ended in a Toby Murray shot at goal - out on the full
• Brisbane able to advance the ball reasonably quickly the other way - ended in rushed behind (Morris had a clean grab at it though)
• Adelaide went contested up the wing again - Brisbane did a good job of cutting off options. Adelaide tried to go lateral which Brisbane forced the turnover on from a spoil - went very quickly the other way for a goal
• Brisbane very easy centre clearance from the Brisbane ruck - Morris mark inside 50 from Neale. Goal. Score 74 Bris to 45 Adel.
• Another easy Brisbane clearance. Adelaide nullified the inside 50.
• Adelaide cut off going the other way after advancing it to Brisbane’s half back
• Brisbane slowed the play down - short kicks and marks. Advanced the ball easily up the ground. Inside 50 to marking contest - Neale roved it, to Bailey who goaled. Score 80 to 45.
• Another EASY clearance out the ruck by Foot - Adel ruck got beaten multiple time with the same play this quarter. Ends in a Brisbane inside 50 - Will Ashcroft on the end of it for a goal. Score 86 Bris to 45 Adel.
• Adelaide win next possession from centre bounce. Ends up in a Maley set shot miss on goal from about 45 out directly in front.
• Brisbane very easily advance the ball up the far wing (off a good ruck contest win by Draper). Lohman should have goaled 15 metres out off a mark - no awareness and got caught behind holding the ball.
• Adelaide went the other way inside 50 and lost possession.
• Brisbane AGAIN go up the wing, Draper wins ruck contest (Adelaide has lost what feels like the last 5 or 6 ruck contests cleanly), brisbane win possession through mids, and get two inside 50’s. Both nullified or cut off.
• Adelaide go the other way but bomb it inside 50 to a contest and it comes out quickly.
• Brisbane inside 50 cut off by Worrell. Adelaide go the other way quickly and ThilThorpe missed from the boundary
• Brisbane easily go up the far wing - winning multiple contests. Draper contested mark inside 50 (on Dawson) and goals. Score 92 Bris to 47 Adel.
• Adel win possesion, but go forward and get cut off with Rachele losing the marking contest. Brisbane easily go the other way inside 50 for a Bailey goal. Bris 98 to 47 Adel. 6 goals straight for Brisbane from 14 inside 50’s at this point.
• Rankine loses the contest holding the ball. Brisbane very easily advance the ball to Mcluggage inside 50 who goals. 7 goals from 15 inside 50’s.
• Adelaide win the centre cleanrance through ruck infringement. Go inside 50 and easily spoiled and repelled by Brisbane. Far wing stoppage - Neale easily roves a McAndrew tap and evades several Adel players. Brisbane play kick to kick without resistance.
• Brisbane kicking clanger up the corridor
• Adelaide kick to kick - get it inside 50 to what have been a Toby Murray goal from a mark. Tried to get it to Cook in centre square - spoiled. Brisbane repel to Cook - misses set shot banana from boundary
• Quarter over
• Summary - demolition job of a quarter by Brisbane. Feels like game over. A heap of easy uncontested ball movement, inside 50’s and goals by Brisbane. No noticeable impact by Rankine, Rachele, Thilthorpe this quarter.

What The Stats Say (totals for match)

• Score

ADEL - 48 (7.6)
BRIS - 104 (16.8)

• Disposals

ADEL - 252


BRIS - 297

• Disposal Efficiency

ADEL - 75.8%


BRIS - 71.7%

• Inside 50’s

ADEL - 31


BRIS - 45

• Efficiency inside 50

ADEL - 45.5%


BRIS - 55.6%

• Clearances

ADEL - 23


BRIS - 38

• Turnovers

ADEL - 51


BRIS - 48

• Tackles inside 50

ADEL - 4


BRIS - 8

• Free Kicks

ADEL - 16


BRIS - 15

 

[Rogue77]

Q4

No Q4 analysis

Pretty clear what has happened in the game and what the issues have been

1. Adelaide relying on individual brilliance instead of a sustainable team game plan and game style
2. Adelaide struggles to move the ball effectively consistently offensively, and cannot stop the top teams defensively consistently going the other way
3. Brisbane is obviously the best team in the comp over the past few years for a reason. This is the standard. In particular - the top teams can be very effective with their scoring chains over a very short period of time in a given game i.e. see how easily Brisbane moved the ball and their effectiveness going inside 50 in the third quarter. Devastating.

*In particular in this game - worth pointing out how cleanly and consistently Foot and Draper won the ruck contest in that third quarter.

 

[Rogue77]

Interesting Stat:

Score Involvements

BRIS

• W Ashcroft - 13
• Bailey - 12
• Neale - 11
• L Ashcroft - 11
• Cameron - 10

ADEL

• Dawson - 7
• Cook - 7
• Pedlar - 6
• Laird - 6